One of my pet theories is that most professions require extremely specialized knowledge – heart surgeon, carpenter, PhD researcher, appliance repair person.
Librarian is one of a very few (teacher? politician?) professions where being an extreme generalist is to your benefit – knowing a little bit about a lot of different areas of knowledge.
(And I agree with the author of the linked blog post – #14 was the best as a kid – “Leisure Time Activities” including games, recipes, myths, magic and more! On the other hand, I couldn’t even open #3 – I think – as a kid because it had pictures of snakes!)
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