We used to put a premium on how much knowledge you had collected in your brain, and if you were a fact collector that made you smart and respected. And now I think it's much more valuable to be a connector of dots than a collector of facts, that if you can synthesize and recognize patterns, you have an edge.
ADAM GRANT
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There always was, and always will be, a collector of facts and a connector of dots, and there always was, and always will be, room and a need for both.
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