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The vast majority of young men in 1933 weren't doing that, either
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It's like Heinlein's list:
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
It's what someone SHOULD be able to do. It's something to aspire to.
Now Diapers, ships (well, canoes), buildings (hen houses), program a computer, cooperate, act alone... these things I can and have done.