Gaia Soykok

in most fields Leonardo was an autodidact, describing himself as "a man without learning", although saying his learning is from doing rather than texts.

Herzberg wrote 25 years ago (“One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees?” January–February 1968), a “KITA”—which, he coyly explains, stands for “kick in the pants”—may produce movement but never motivation.

. For each person who wins, there are many others who carry with them the feeling of having lost. And the more these awards are publicized through the use of memos, newsletters, and awards banquets, the more detrimental their impact can be.

the Sila – the universal moral values, the values which are common to all human beings in all societies, not contextual.

Omniscians was coined by Gabriel Harvey, other 17th century where this feature was important and coined by many terms ...are polymath , polyhistor, polygraph (deragotary). another term virtuoso refers to scholars collecting a variety of objects. in latin, scientia universalis, pansophia, polymathi. versatile in Italian.

Lotek orients us towards different mythology of technology , one that evolved humanism with radical indigenism

The need for creativity is intrinsic incentivising heuristic tasks when rewarded, can diminish the intrinsic value.

New disciplines need serial polymaths, and in the age of specialisation, this was a job that was left polymaths to coin new disciplines.