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A Return to Polymathy (2015) [pdf]

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Re: A Return to Polymathy (2015) [pdf]

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bullshy wrote: post #13
greekanalyst wrote: post #2

Great piece. One of the best places cultivating this type of polymathy today is Stanford's Symbolic Systems Program. https://symsys.stanford.edu/

you can't create real polymath... polymaths are self-created... that's the physics of this.

This. Real multidisciplinary is bottom up, where a person with multiple fields of expertise makes them work together. A singing number of these organizational versions are top down, where some leadership decided interdisciplinary studies are the future, so someone mixes a bunch of courses together and ta-da!

Re: A Return to Polymathy (2015) [pdf]

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drekipus wrote: post #37
Cringehipster wrote: post #5

Polymathy or Jack of all trades mentality is the new self-help. Ever since I started this journey in 2022, I've become a better writer, more fit, and motivated overall. I recommend building your polymathy journey like RPG stats. Your five stats are: Strength, Intellect, Creativity, Spritituality, and Charisma. Then you tie your hobbies together with these stats. If you feel like one of your stats is low, then you pra…

i wonder how much of it is just that: "encouraging you that you can do anything" / abundance mindset. I got into self-help and polymathy at a younger age and it quite literally pulled me out of poverty because I believed that I could. Now that I'm older, I realise and understand that I'm actually not the best at everything, but I can do a little bit of everything to a sound standard, and that most other people can on…

What helped me in camp 1 was having a mentor who didn't freak out about my mistakes. That and quotes like "failure is the way forward" and "Failure doesn't define you."

Camp 2 is interesting. I've met people who didn't know the value of learning. Learning prevents mental disease. Yet not many people go home to learn something new, even when it's proven to help you in all areas of life. Hopefully, you find the answer for this.

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