Discussion with my 8-year-old:
– Dad, are you the best?
– The best?
– With computers.
– No, I’m not. It’s like cars, you know. Some people know how to build them, others how to drive them. My job is to get these people to talk to each other. If I only talk about the engine or the driving, it doesn’t work.
– …
– Okay, let me rephrase. If you want to talk to everyone, you have to adapt. But adapting takes energy. So if you spend a lot of time developing the skills you need to talk to everyone, you don’t have time to be incredibly good at anything.
– … yeah um, ok. But then, can we say that you’re the best… at being average?
– Yes, you could say this 😅
Turning to his older brother:
See, I told you Dad was the best!