When Sridhar Vembu, the founder of Zoho Corporation, posted a link between childhood vaccines and autism on social media, he was swiftly told -- “stay in your lane” . A prominent entrepreneur weighing in on public health triggered online uproar and expert push-back.

That clash brings to life a larger question: what does “staying in your lane” really mean in today’s world where freedom of speech is exercised swiftly and frequently by social media users? When is it wise, and when is it limiting?

THE POWER OF SPECIALISATION

Firstly, there’s no doubt staying in your lane has real merits. In higher education and professional life we’re taught to choose a field, dig deep, master it.

A cardiologist doesn’t moonlight as an aerospace engineer. A structural engineer doesn’t design pharmaceutic

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