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many of society’s most pressing challenges – such as climate change – require highly creative problem-solving that crosses multiple domains, and polymaths may be the best people to find those solutions.

bbc • Why Some People Are Impossibly Talented

What drew me so desperately to Haraway at twenty, eager to find a way of being in the world that I could commit to, could follow towards something I wanted that I hadn’t yet (then, or maybe even now) learned to articulate, was her additive lens: her commitment to both/AND, to celebrating a purposeful, pleasurably rigorous way of being. Haraway... See more

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

Waqas Ahmed • The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility

When we are confronted by multiple interpretations of the “real world,” the alternative to seeking to determine which is “right” is to admit multiple interpretations and seek those that are most useful for a particular purpose, knowing that there is no ultimately “correct” interpretation.

Art Kleiner • The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization

THE IDEA THAT a person or organization has one or two primary driving goals is simply not true. It is a fantasy invented by economists and certain management thinkers. The reality is that most people and organizations have “a bundle of ambitions.”

Richard Rumelt • The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists

polymaths are often known as generalists, the knowledge of many disciplines is their speciality.

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psychologists in shambles a new study out of Japan just showed how much behavior is linked to genetics basically showing that fear, boldness, and social tendencies are rooted in your DNA 1/

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hand, a synthetic theory that incorporates both of these (and some other) processes may provide us with a viable hypothesis that can be tested with data.

Peter Turchin, Sergey A. Nefedov • Secular Cycles

It is a fallacy to plan for ‘the future’ (singular). We need to be prepared for multiple futures (plural) and build into our strategies a flexibility that allows us to move resilient from the present moment towards the future. Being aware of the different paths the future might take, leads to more realistic and flexible strategies that will be more