*> there's an Asimov short story (I can't recall the name) where certain members...

pdonis on March 16, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Geniuses of the past were aristocratically tutored

> there's an Asimov short story (I can't recall the name) where certain members of society exist only to make connections between unrelated fields because the knowledge of humanity has become so vast.

The story is "Sucker Bait":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucker_Bait