“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
Robert Heinlein via Caterina. (via zachklein)
I need to figure out how to: program a computer, conn a ship, figure out what to conn a ship means, plan an invasion (that’s not against one person), and die gallantly. The last is last for obvious reasons. Then I will be a person who is not an insect.
(via johja0488)