HOW LITTLE I KNOW ASTOUNDS ME. There are moments when it occurs to me that I am so unfamiliar with a subject that the very fact of my ignorance prevents me from being confused by it all. I don’t have enough information to be confused. “We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything,” said Thomas A. Edison. There aren’t many generalists around these days because there are only so many waking hours in a day and so much to learn. So even the most educated people specialize. Doctors select an area of concentration; lawyers often do the same; many mechanics and technicians limit themselves to one brand; even a cowboy might tend to prefer herding angus to Charolais. Don Rickles limited himself to insult humor. A great third baseman might be a total flop in the outfield because he knows only infield technique. As a rule, one healthy way of dealing with our own paucity of knowledge is not to fret over it. The little that he thought he knew didn’t stop Edison from inventing a whole slew of things, including the incandescent light bulb and the phonograph. He credited hard work for his success. The foundation of good luck, it is said, is effort. So I keep thinking that, if I persist in writing these little posts, at some magical time in the future, a gong will resound, fireworks will light up my immediate surroundings, and I will be struck by the sudden realization that, as Edison knew, the labor itself is its own reward.
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