Ask HN: Update Heinlein’s “Competent Man”
[..]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, 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.[..] - Time Enough For Love, Robert A. Heinlein<p>This famous Heinlein quote uttered by Lazarus Long is almost half a century old.<p>How would you update Life Skills of The Competent Man for the next 50 years? Of course, meant for all genders etc.<p>Shouldn’t include the words: ‘money’ or ‘coding’. (And variations thereof..esp not Bitcoin or NFTs)