Polymathematics In One Breath
“The challenge we all face is how to maintain the benefits of breadth, diverse experience, interdisciplinary thinking, and delayed concentration in a world that increasingly incentivizes, even demands, hyperspecialization”
Zoe • The Magpie Mind
Many of the most successful people — both today and in the past — have demonstrated interest in more than one subject: Charles Darwin, Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Richard Feynman, Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison, Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, and many, many more. A study of the most significant scientists in all of history uncovered that fifteen of the tw
... See moreElysha Dicks • Someday Is Today
Multi-perspectivism Polymaths thus seek to become more objective – that is, to expand their umwelt. They engage in a method of intellectual enquiry that consists of discovering, pursuing, experiencing and knowing multiple perspectives and then synthesising (fusing and contextualising) them in a way that allows for a more complete, fairer picture of
... See moreWaqas Ahmed • The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility
