The Polymath : Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prologue: Marking 500 Years Since the Death of Leonardo da Vinci, the Archetypical Polymath -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 A Timeless People -- Patronage -- Laymen -- Women -- The 'Other' -- Encouragement -- The Myth of the 'Specialist' -- Chapter 3 Shapers of Our World -- Leaders -- King-makers -- Revolutionaries -- Intellectuals -- Educators -- Mystics -- Explorers -- Scientists -- Artists -- Entrepreneurs -- Humanitarians -- Chapter 4 The Cult of Specialisation -- The Evolution of Specialisation -- The Modern Education Crisis -- Employee Disillusionment -- Work-Life Imbalance -- Survival -- Twenty-First Century Complexity -- Machine Intelligence and the Relevance of Humans -- Chapter 5 Reconditioning the Mind -- Individuality -- Self-realisation -- Against the grain -- Self-sufficiency -- Human optimality -- Curiosity -- A natural trait -- Sources of knowledge -- The limitations of mind -- Multi-perspectivism -- Open-mindedness -- Knowledge for life -- Intelligence -- General vs multiple intelligences -- Critical thinking and common sense -- Social and emotional intelligence -- Versatility -- Switching lives -- Cognitive shifting and neuroplasticity -- Multifacetedness -- Diversifying experiences -- A thought-action mentality -- Managing time -- Creativity -- The creative force -- Hybridity -- Connections -- The art-science intersection -- Brain chemistry -- Unity -- The bigger picture -- Context -- Systems thinking -- Whole brain thinking -- Genuine specialists -- Navigating the information age -- Revolution -- Chapter 6 An Alternative System -- Society -- A community of minds -- True globalisation -- Art and culture -- Education -- Establishing the purpose of learning -- Encouraging creative autonomy -- Nurturing all-rounders -- A 'higher' education -- Self-learning.

A polymathic curriculum -- Occupation -- Revising the notion of 'work' -- The twenty-first-century career landscape -- Blessings from above? -- An opportunity -- Programming Our Future -- Chapter 7 Twenty-First-Century Polymaths -- A Vanguard of Disruptors -- Conversations with Living Polymaths -- Noam Chomsky -- F. Story Musgrave -- Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Douglas Hofstadter -- Jao Tsung-I -- Benjamin Dunlap -- Hamlet Isakhanli -- Raymond Tallis -- Daniel Levitin -- Ashok Jahnavi Prasad -- Nathan Myhrvold -- Tim Ferriss -- Chapter 8 Owners of Our Future -- Polymathy through Time and Space -- Select Bibliography -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Supplemental Images -- EULA.

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