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, suck a fellow off to completion, 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.
If you’re a Heinlein fan, you likely didn’t read the whole thing. Read it again.
Hahahaha
(the quote is so Heinlein. Even with the part he didn’t actually say.)
(too libertarian to realize that “one individual being able to do all the necessary tasks of life” is for solitary species. Which include some insects. But do not include humans.)
(and a bit too homophobic to admit the immense social value of the item he didn’t want to write)