More and More about Less and Less

It’s James Clear email day.  I do like it as he so often discusses topics I am happy to be reminded of and learn from. 
Today’s email contains a quote, “Limiting your options now will expand your opportunities in the long run because you can remain focused enough to master something…”
I have often marvelled how we know more and more about less and less.  In other words, there are those that specialize.  Sure it may limit knowledge about other things but it expands knowledge about one thing.
I am glad for those who have specialized.  I heard yesterday about someone who is becoming a doctor specializing in cranial reconstructions.  They need to do a doctor’s degree and a dentists degree.  Then they need to work with someone with 6 years experience before practicing themselves. 
I hope I never need their services, but I sure am glad there are those who specialize in such things.  Maybe their knowledge is limited in other areas, but it is full on in an area where such knowledge is needed.
Merril and I often ask questions at web sites that specialise in say plants, the garden or wildlife.  Until we hear from others, we do not know the answers but generally someone who specializes in such things provides an answer we need.  We can go on once we know.
So often what I learn from others is not intended as a killjoy but as a warning.  As a kid I was told not to put knives in sockets or pull hot water from a stove.  These things were told to me not to discourage but to warn.
I find discovery is exciting.  Some disguise ignorance but I am happy to display my ignorance in the pursuit of personal discovery.  I find it is the only way to learn.  Even when I know stuff I prefer to remain silent knowing that another may reveal important stuff I do not know that will help me take a step further.
I am a great one in not believing in reinventing the wheel.  So often another has been somewhere before me and has mapped out a way for me that makes sense.
The pursuit of the unknown is an exciting adventure.  I am happy to pass on what I know because others who have been further are wiling to do the same.  To me that is the only way new ground is broken.  More and more gets known about less and less.