Blog Niche and Specialization

This blog is intended to be a fun project, and a space, for me and my friends to say whatever we wanted. If you've read our previous posts, then you know that we are all over the place, in a good way. I recently stumbled upon a blog about how to write good blogs (meta-blogging), and it stated that in order to be successful you need to have a special niche for your blog, whether it's cooking, raising babies, traveling, or how to write a successful blog. As someone who loves metaphors (and economic references), I will relate this back to professions.

As our society advances, people are becoming more and more specialized in what they do. A few decades ago you would have general surgeons, but now you have cardiac surgeons, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, ect. This system allows people to become really good at one thing, thus allowing society to advance as a whole, since due to opportunity cost, a person cannot be really good at multiple things. So if they just committed their time and energy to one thing, then they will be able to master it better than if they did not. Of course, there is also comparative advantage. A person who is naturally talented at something would do it better, and it is worth more, in terms of time and effort, for him to do it.

That being said, it is also valuable to know a little bit of everything. Our society has adapted to this trend of specialization, but humans are holistic creatures with multiple interests and passions. It is good to be multifaceted, and depending on the situation, knowing a little bit of everything is sometimes better than just knowing one thing really well. I try not to toot my own horn, but this is also why a liberal arts college is good for someone who does not know where their talent lies or wants to experience more than just one strand of thinking.