. Biology and man. Biology; Human beings. Galloway DISADVANTAGES OF SPECIALIZATION The grower who specializes in cotton finds himself out of work until the market catches up with the cotton in stores and warehouses and factories. In the meantime, he cannot eat his cotton Advantages of Specialization^ In our society such surplus production enables some people to give all their time to making music, or painting pic- tures, or dreaming up poetry and plays and amusements for the rest of us. It enables more and more men and women to follow their hobbies, and in many cases to make careers of their h
. Biology and man. Biology; Human beings. Galloway DISADVANTAGES OF SPECIALIZATION The grower who specializes in cotton finds himself out of work until the market catches up with the cotton in stores and warehouses and factories. In the meantime, he cannot eat his cotton Advantages of Specialization^ In our society such surplus production enables some people to give all their time to making music, or painting pic- tures, or dreaming up poetry and plays and amusements for the rest of us. It enables more and more men and women to follow their hobbies, and in many cases to make careers of their hobbies—as in the arts or scientific research or play-acting or professional athletics or doing stunts of all kinds. That is to say, specialization has made possible more specialization. We do not all have to dig and saw wood and fetch water, because our potatoes and fuel and water can be supplied by relatively few but highly expert specialists. As a result, all of us have more time to play, and some of us can enrich the playing of all. Disadvantages of Specialization In the individual organism, as in social life, excessive specialization may bring its disadvantages. When an earth- worm is cut in half, the less specialized segments near the middle produce new growth and replace the differentiated head and tail. Among vertebrates serious injury to the more highly specialized organs, such as the heart, the liver, iSee No. 1, p. 538. 531. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gruenberg, Benjamin C. (Benjamin Charles), 1875-1965; Bingham, N. Eldred (Nelson Eldred), 1901-. Boston, New York, [etc. ] Ginn and company
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