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In Defense of Polymaths
Another advantage is flexibility. The polymath approach is about diversifying, and the more varied your resources, the more resilient and adaptable to change. It goes a little further than future-proofing your career—a real polymath designs their own career. They don’t have to worry about being left behind in dying industries; they’re the ones at t
... See morePeter Hollins • Polymath: Master Multiple Disciplines, Learn New Skills, Think Flexibly, and Become an Extraordinary Autodidact (Learning how to Learn Book 9)
Not only is specialisation becoming a redundant method of understanding truth, it is also a poor strategy for survival – whether for the individual, an organisation, a society or indeed an entire species. Simply put, then, Homo sapiens run the severe risk of perishing within the next two centuries unless the mind is reconditioned to allow for a van
... See moreWaqas Ahmed • The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility
Still, starting from these specialized roots and then moving on to write for more general audiences, I’ve come to believe that these narrow extremes still somehow embody broad truths. Too many of us undervalue concentration, and substitute busyness for real productivity, and are quick to embrace whatever new techno-bauble shines brightest. You don’
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World a book by David Epstein
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Let's take common sayings in Eastern Europe, for example: the Poles refer to the budding polymath as someone with ‘seven trades, the eighth one – poverty’, the Estonians ‘nine trades, the tenth one – hunger’, while in Czech Republic they say ‘nine crafts, tenth comes misery’, and in Lithuania that, ‘when you have nine trades, then your tenth one is
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