The Generalist

“If there is an upside to an obsession with mortality, it may be that it creates internal urgency. If you understand, deeply understand, that life can end at any moment, you may be more predisposed to make the most of one's own. To take greater risks, to drive a little harder, to push to leave something tangible behind.”

“Across the series, the goal is to study the formative years of extraordinary figures so as to better understand them.”