Multipotentiality
Navigating life and work as a multihyphenate/polymath/generalist + building a portfolio approach to life
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Multipotentiality
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World a book by David Epstein
David Epstein • 11 highlights
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Pioneering Biochemist Erwin Chargaff on the Poetics of Curiosity, the Crucial Difference Between Understanding and Explanation, and What Makes a Scientist
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How do you formulate an aim in life when you don't even know what jobs will exist in a few years, or what will be invented?
You don't shoot for a specific job. You shoot for the process the job does: I want to work with the human mind, code, solve problems, fix things, etc.
nametwitter.comI’m increasingly convinced that being a generalist/polymath is a sure-fire way to protect yourself from Alzheimer’s and other cognitive ailments long-term (with the added bonus of living an exciting + unpredictable life!)
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Alexander von Humboldt and the Invention of Nature: How One of the Last True Polymaths Pioneered the Cosmos of Connections
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