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The Joy of Being a Generalist #ai #venturecapital #startup #siliconvalley

23 Feb 2025 · 0 min

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Short excerpt from a Precursor Ventures YouTube video ("The Joy of Being a Generalist") in which a speaker reflects on the advantages of being a generalist—particularly that being a novice in some domains grants permission to ask many genuine 'why' questions, driven by curiosity rather than performative interrogation. The clip emphasizes inquisitiveness as a positive trait for learning and decision-making.

And one of the nice things about being a noob in some of these categories is when someone says, well, we're going to do this thing, you're like, why? And like, what do you mean, why? I'm like, I don't know anything. What's explained to me, this is not Socratic. I'm genuinely interested in understanding how you reach that conclusion. And I find that's one of the things I enjoy most about being a generalist, is that it's this license to just ask a lot of why questions out of a place of really actually wanting to know the answer.