Over specialization

As Canadians retreat from Afghanistan I am reminded of a fellow who stopped by to talk of why things are so unsatisfactory these days. He began by saying that it had been his experience that the young men and women returning from Afghanistan were sometimes very messed up.  They had seen terrible things and experienced harrowing viciousness.
From the rape of young boys by adult Afghani men to the ongoing abuses of the Taliban there were times when honour and duty were stretched to the limit. The sad truth is that we are all culpable. But what he described seemed like the "Heart of Darkness".
It was his belief that the reason for the instability and disorder with which we all deal daily is that we have become a nation of specialists.  "Too much specialization" was the resounding note of his discourse... and I have to add...."Specialization is for insects".