Those pressures include diseconomy of scale (minimum cost of providing a service, regardless of how many people it serves), sustainability of professional roles with onerous on-call, and sub specialisation in health services instead of generalism
September 30, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Those pressures include diseconomy of scale (minimum cost of providing a service, regardless of how many people it serves), sustainability of professional roles with onerous on-call, and sub specialisation in health services instead of generalism
When Bill Bryson ludicrously asserted in Mother Tongue that there were no swearwords in Finnish, my vague enjoyment of his genial generalism flapped sadly away, never to return.
July 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
When Bill Bryson ludicrously asserted in Mother Tongue that there were no swearwords in Finnish, my vague enjoyment of his genial generalism flapped sadly away, never to return.
There’s a certain extent of generalism beyond which I just don’t trust pundit types. If you think you can opine with authority on everything, you are not receiving the kind of feedback inhibition that prevents most people from making this sort of wrong turn.
April 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
There’s a certain extent of generalism beyond which I just don’t trust pundit types. If you think you can opine with authority on everything, you are not receiving the kind of feedback inhibition that prevents most people from making this sort of wrong turn.
Statecraft also requires generalism, but it is a differently structured sort of generalism.
In statecraft the goals must be broad, and the tactics narrow. It’s in fact a direct inversion of the way an operator’s generalism manifests.
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In statecraft the goals must be broad, and the tactics narrow. It’s in fact a direct inversion of the way an operator’s generalism manifests.
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March 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Statecraft also requires generalism, but it is a differently structured sort of generalism.
In statecraft the goals must be broad, and the tactics narrow. It’s in fact a direct inversion of the way an operator’s generalism manifests.
4/
In statecraft the goals must be broad, and the tactics narrow. It’s in fact a direct inversion of the way an operator’s generalism manifests.
4/
Haha no, you’re fine, it was more a generalism
September 27, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Haha no, you’re fine, it was more a generalism
Increased host diversity limits bacterial generalism but may promote microbe-microbe interactions
#ISMEComms
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#ISMEComms
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Increased host diversity limits bacterial generalism but may promote microbe-microbe interactions
Abstract. Host-associated bacteria vary in the number of host species they occupy. By colonizing many host species, host generalists can have disproportion
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August 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Increased host diversity limits bacterial generalism but may promote microbe-microbe interactions
#ISMEComms
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#ISMEComms
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Highly generalised feeding by insect herbivores is often seen as a paradox. One possibility is that generalist species are really just made up of lots of hidden specialists. In this case generalism goes all the way down. 🧪🌏
Anything you can eat, I can eat better: Evidence of generalism from species to individual level in an insect herbivore
Most insect herbivores specialize on a few host plants; however, there are a minority of highly generalized species capable of feeding on hundreds of hosts. Generalism could emerge as a property of t...
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September 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Highly generalised feeding by insect herbivores is often seen as a paradox. One possibility is that generalist species are really just made up of lots of hidden specialists. In this case generalism goes all the way down. 🧪🌏
Hello Sophie Park.
Sophie wrote a book on generalism:
Sophie wrote a book on generalism:
uclpress.co.uk/book/general... Come and find our open access book @AMEE2024 Generalism: it’s importance for clinical practice & education. How can we produce and use evidence to explore and support Generalism, and design healthcare systems which enable spaces and opportunities for generalist care?
Generalism in Clinical Practice and Education
Generalism is a key approach to healthcare organisation and delivery that enables person-centred, dynamic and cost-effective patient care. With its emphasis on adaptability, generalism requires expans...
uclpress.co.uk
August 26, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Hello Sophie Park.
Sophie wrote a book on generalism:
Sophie wrote a book on generalism:
ICYMI, I was interviewed on Sound Business by @akashthakkar.bsky.social a while back. Take a listen if you want to hear real talk about generalism and mid-life career shifts. #gameaudio #sounddesign
November 9, 2024 at 2:37 PM
ICYMI, I was interviewed on Sound Business by @akashthakkar.bsky.social a while back. Take a listen if you want to hear real talk about generalism and mid-life career shifts. #gameaudio #sounddesign
Some of these LinkedIn profiles are getting a little too self congratulatory in the word soup they use, lol: “visionary” “world renowned expert” (less than 10 years experience) “leader in the field of generalism” (what does that even mean)?
Or maybe I’m just a hater lol.
Or maybe I’m just a hater lol.
September 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Some of these LinkedIn profiles are getting a little too self congratulatory in the word soup they use, lol: “visionary” “world renowned expert” (less than 10 years experience) “leader in the field of generalism” (what does that even mean)?
Or maybe I’m just a hater lol.
Or maybe I’m just a hater lol.
A window into the ghost shark’s life: eye lenses reveal a biphasic trophic strategy driven by neonatal generalism doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
A window into the ghost shark’s life: eye lenses reveal a biphasic trophic strategy driven by neonatal generalism
Holocephalans, or ghost sharks, are ecologically significant but poorly understood cartilaginous fishes facing intense yet poorly quantified pressure …
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April 18, 2026 at 4:57 PM
A window into the ghost shark’s life: eye lenses reveal a biphasic trophic strategy driven by neonatal generalism doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
If it has not been said already (what has not?), being good at generalism is an expertise.
Going to add an (admittedly self-serving) meta-observation here.
We tend to think of expertise as the domain of specialists.
But sometimes generalists are as well or better positioned to offer the kind of synthesis that helps experts and non-experts alike fully make sense of a situation.
We tend to think of expertise as the domain of specialists.
But sometimes generalists are as well or better positioned to offer the kind of synthesis that helps experts and non-experts alike fully make sense of a situation.
June 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
If it has not been said already (what has not?), being good at generalism is an expertise.
This dynamic is made worse by the curse of toxic generalism applying to AI itself.
Because being an expert isn't the only defense against this kind of grift. Someone with no knowledge at all has the benefit of a healthy skepticism, and will be thinking about goals rather than methods.
Because being an expert isn't the only defense against this kind of grift. Someone with no knowledge at all has the benefit of a healthy skepticism, and will be thinking about goals rather than methods.
April 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This dynamic is made worse by the curse of toxic generalism applying to AI itself.
Because being an expert isn't the only defense against this kind of grift. Someone with no knowledge at all has the benefit of a healthy skepticism, and will be thinking about goals rather than methods.
Because being an expert isn't the only defense against this kind of grift. Someone with no knowledge at all has the benefit of a healthy skepticism, and will be thinking about goals rather than methods.
We do here: uclpress.co.uk/book/general...
Generalism in Clinical Practice and Education
Generalism is a key approach to healthcare organisation and delivery that enables person-centred, dynamic and cost-effective patient care. With its emphasis on adaptability, generalism requires expans...
uclpress.co.uk
October 29, 2024 at 5:15 PM
We do here: uclpress.co.uk/book/general...
Oh dear, I seem to have upset someone again. All because I dared to use the experience of having been through a central government redundancy round (and several in the private sector) to push back against a lazy generalism.
Modern political debate...
Modern political debate...
May 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Oh dear, I seem to have upset someone again. All because I dared to use the experience of having been through a central government redundancy round (and several in the private sector) to push back against a lazy generalism.
Modern political debate...
Modern political debate...
"A newspaper is—or ought to be—the opposite of an algorithm, a bastion of enlightened generalism in an era of hyperspecialization and personalized marketing."
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post
Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section.
www.newyorker.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:02 AM
"A newspaper is—or ought to be—the opposite of an algorithm, a bastion of enlightened generalism in an era of hyperspecialization and personalized marketing."
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
Particularism is a form of realism. The disagreement concerns whether ethics is a matter of applying general principles to particular circumstances (generalism) or not (particularism)
October 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Particularism is a form of realism. The disagreement concerns whether ethics is a matter of applying general principles to particular circumstances (generalism) or not (particularism)
#Geriatrics needs better *branding*
Many don’t understand what #geriatricians do!
@jkdhesi.bsky.social
Skilled in:
- risk holding
- communication
- pragmatism
Many parallels here with #GeneralPractice #GP
#Generalism
#ChooseGeriatrics
#ChooseGeriatricsForGeneralists
#BGSConf
Many don’t understand what #geriatricians do!
@jkdhesi.bsky.social
Skilled in:
- risk holding
- communication
- pragmatism
Many parallels here with #GeneralPractice #GP
#Generalism
#ChooseGeriatrics
#ChooseGeriatricsForGeneralists
#BGSConf
November 21, 2024 at 10:01 AM
#Geriatrics needs better *branding*
Many don’t understand what #geriatricians do!
@jkdhesi.bsky.social
Skilled in:
- risk holding
- communication
- pragmatism
Many parallels here with #GeneralPractice #GP
#Generalism
#ChooseGeriatrics
#ChooseGeriatricsForGeneralists
#BGSConf
Many don’t understand what #geriatricians do!
@jkdhesi.bsky.social
Skilled in:
- risk holding
- communication
- pragmatism
Many parallels here with #GeneralPractice #GP
#Generalism
#ChooseGeriatrics
#ChooseGeriatricsForGeneralists
#BGSConf
👀Behind the Paper!👀
🐦In this blog post, author Ricardo Sánchez Martín delves into the causes and consequences of functional generalism! Ricardo explains the fascinating fit between hummingbirds and the plants they pollinate🌺
📖Read it here👇
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🧪🌍
🐦In this blog post, author Ricardo Sánchez Martín delves into the causes and consequences of functional generalism! Ricardo explains the fascinating fit between hummingbirds and the plants they pollinate🌺
📖Read it here👇
buff.ly/z8gBmvE
🧪🌍
Ricardo Sánchez Martín | Functional generalism in plant-hummingbird interactions: causes and consequences from a plant perspective
In this week’s blog post, we’re learning all about the causes and consequences of functional generalism! Author Ricardo Sanchez Martin explains the fascinating fit between hummingbirds and the plan…
buff.ly
October 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
👀Behind the Paper!👀
🐦In this blog post, author Ricardo Sánchez Martín delves into the causes and consequences of functional generalism! Ricardo explains the fascinating fit between hummingbirds and the plants they pollinate🌺
📖Read it here👇
buff.ly/z8gBmvE
🧪🌍
🐦In this blog post, author Ricardo Sánchez Martín delves into the causes and consequences of functional generalism! Ricardo explains the fascinating fit between hummingbirds and the plants they pollinate🌺
📖Read it here👇
buff.ly/z8gBmvE
🧪🌍
It's a generalism. An if you think righties give one flying toss about people in need then you are as guilty of anti-intellectualism as they are.
September 22, 2026 at 9:19 AM
It's a generalism. An if you think righties give one flying toss about people in need then you are as guilty of anti-intellectualism as they are.
uclpress.co.uk/book/general... Come and find our open access book @AMEE2024 Generalism: it’s importance for clinical practice & education. How can we produce and use evidence to explore and support Generalism, and design healthcare systems which enable spaces and opportunities for generalist care?
Generalism in Clinical Practice and Education
Generalism is a key approach to healthcare organisation and delivery that enables person-centred, dynamic and cost-effective patient care. With its emphasis on adaptability, generalism requires expans...
uclpress.co.uk
August 26, 2024 at 8:15 AM
uclpress.co.uk/book/general... Come and find our open access book @AMEE2024 Generalism: it’s importance for clinical practice & education. How can we produce and use evidence to explore and support Generalism, and design healthcare systems which enable spaces and opportunities for generalist care?
New preprint from the lab: "Planetary microbiome structure and generalist-driven gene flow across disparate habitats" analysing 85k metagenomes across the world, e.g. looking into generalism across habitats www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... – see the thread below for more details!
#MicroSky 🖥️🧬🦠
#MicroSky 🖥️🧬🦠
Our new preprint is out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this study, we present the largest systematic analysis of microbiome structure and function, integrating 85K uniformly processed metagenomes from diverse habitats worldwide.
@podlesny.bsky.social @jonas-bio.bsky.social @borklab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this study, we present the largest systematic analysis of microbiome structure and function, integrating 85K uniformly processed metagenomes from diverse habitats worldwide.
@podlesny.bsky.social @jonas-bio.bsky.social @borklab.bsky.social
Planetary microbiome structure and generalist-driven gene flow across disparate habitats
Microbes are ubiquitous on Earth, forming microbiomes that sustain macroscopic life and biogeochemical cycles. Microbial dispersion, driven by natural processes and human activities, interconnects mic...
www.biorxiv.org
July 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New preprint from the lab: "Planetary microbiome structure and generalist-driven gene flow across disparate habitats" analysing 85k metagenomes across the world, e.g. looking into generalism across habitats www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... – see the thread below for more details!
#MicroSky 🖥️🧬🦠
#MicroSky 🖥️🧬🦠
Something something US exceptionalism
Wait...this time its US Generalism
Wait...this time its US Generalism
March 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Something something US exceptionalism
Wait...this time its US Generalism
Wait...this time its US Generalism
I have another new paper: ‘Two Problems with Ordinary Language Generalism’ where I point out that generalists who argue we should use ‘conspiracy theory’ in its ordinary language sense are both confused and appeal to a non-existent academic consensus on the matter: link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
Two Problems with Ordinary Language Generalism
link.springer.com
May 26, 2026 at 6:22 AM
I have another new paper: ‘Two Problems with Ordinary Language Generalism’ where I point out that generalists who argue we should use ‘conspiracy theory’ in its ordinary language sense are both confused and appeal to a non-existent academic consensus on the matter: link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
the least surprising thing here is that "mass deportation" generality descended into deporting-lots-of-specific-people-without-just-cause-or-due-process. large-scale generalism tends to fail in basically every context, and when it's plainly a human rights issue, it has catastrophic consequences.
👀🚨JICYMI: New Quinnipiac Poll: More Americans now disapprove of Trump on immigration by 50% to 45% (including 51% independents)
MAJORITY of Americans now disapprove of Trump on deportations by 53% to 42% poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
cc: @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social l
MAJORITY of Americans now disapprove of Trump on deportations by 53% to 42% poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
cc: @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social l
April 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
the least surprising thing here is that "mass deportation" generality descended into deporting-lots-of-specific-people-without-just-cause-or-due-process. large-scale generalism tends to fail in basically every context, and when it's plainly a human rights issue, it has catastrophic consequences.