Superhuman? or just plain human?

Just a follow up on Adler's article on education. I found this quote on Rick Saenz's blog:

"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 and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

- Robert Heinlein

God created humans in his image. We are multifaceted and diverse, and designed to grow and add to the body of human culture. When I narrow and confine my interests, I stunt my humanness. I pervert God's design for my growth.

God delights in diversity and growth, and when I enrich my whole person, I am delighting with God is the multifaceted beauty of his creation. If I allow my interests, capabilities, and thoughts to narrow and specialize to the exclusion of other all other interests, capabilities and thoughts, then I have stunted my humanity. When I confine my growth to one specialized channel, I become a cog in a machine, a tool for an end, not a person full of life, shaping and adding to the culture around me.

If all I am is a cog in a machine, an expert in a specialized sphere, I become incapable of thinking (much less changing) anything outside that narrow field.
In contrast, a broad, diverse education makes me competent and comfortable in any sphere. I become comfortable...even happy...in any pursuit God calls me to. My specializations are important, but I understand that they do not define me. Broadening my mind keeps me from the dangers which often accompany specialization.

Whether I am digging manure or negotiating a nuclear treaty, I am in my sphere. My sphere is humanity, and all which it encompasses, from the highest to the humblest. I am defined by my spirit, mind, and will, by my relation to God and humanity. Not by my distinctions.