Hmmm, kind of soft focus. If you're talking about Jews, why not talk about Jews. I assume that was your reference to the jewelry store.
Jack of all trades, better at some, Oft times worse than a master of one; He'll win the day when the empire's done: How many farms can a synagogue run?
Sort-of. But also, in the sense that most people are masters at such specific things, that their value can only inherently exist within the confines of a rich and expansive society. People value these skills more than any other, rightfully so, in the environment that they exist in. But along the same vein: what good is it to know how to build a compiler from scratch, when all of a sudden you just realized you don't just theoretically want to "feel" like you could someday build your own log cabin: you need to do it right now. The jewellery store thing was just a wink-and-nod.
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