The specialization of industry

[spoohunter]

Something that John Raustan Saul talks about in his book Voltaires Bastard's is the specialization of various trades and professions. A key component of this is the localized jargon used by these professions. Note, a possible flaw in this theory is the fact that we change occupations now more so than in the past.

His point goes along that lines that now, more so than any other time, we specialize in individual professions, and even in individual sub categories of these professions. By alienating ourselves from all other areas of our job, we stint creative input. We become rigid and dogmatic. We even invent dialects and languages so that only those in a particular field can communicate ideas and aspects of that field.

On the other hand, it can be argued that as the complexities of our society grows, we need specialists who can fully appreciate the vast complexities of a particular sub-set of an industry. Without this complicated jargon, one could not fully express the various complexities that arise.

Would a trend back to generalization fuel cross-job idea application? Or lead to inept mediocracy?