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The modern polymath

... is someone who becomes competent in at least 3 diverse domains and integrates them into a top 1-percent skill set.

In another words, they bring the best of what humanity has discovered from across fields to help them be more effective in their core field.ย 

Specialists, on the other hand, just focus on knowledge from their own field.

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Creating an atypical combination of 2+ skills

Creating an atypical combination of 2+ skills

Even if you're merely competent in these skills, combining them can lead to a world-class skillย set.

Example: Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, one of the most popular comic strips of all time, was not the funniest person,ย  not the best cartoonist, and not the most experienced employee.ย But by combining his humor and illustration skills while focusing on business culture, he became the best in the world in his niche.

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Creative breakthroughs

Creative breakthroughs

Most creative breakthroughs comeย via making atypical combinations of skills.

Researcher Brian Uzzi, a professor at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, analyzed more than 26 million scientific papers going back hundreds of years and found that the most impactful papers often have teams with atypical combinations of backgrounds.

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Learning new skills

Itโ€™s easier and faster than everย to become competent in a new skill.ย The quality of knowledge in every domain is improving andย there is anย abundance of free or affordable contentย from the worldโ€™s top experts in every medium you can think of.

Example:ย 13-year-old Michael Sayman taught himself how to code via Google. One of his mobile games became one of the top 100 apps in the world, beating out Starbucks and Yelp.

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It's easier than ever to be a polymath

It's easier than ever to pioneer a new field, industry, or skill set:

  • New skill sets, industries, and fields emerge is by combining them with old ones.
  • The number of new academic fields and business industries is increasing exponentially.
  • As the number of new skills increases, the number of possible combinations increases exponentially. Every new chunk of knowledge can theoretically be combined with every other knowledge chunk. Every new breakthrough creates the potential for exponentially more breakthroughs.

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Being a Polymath Future-proofs Your career

A polymath can take the skills that she or he has learned and combine them in new ways quickly to master new fields.ย 

On the other hand, a specialist whose fields becomes obsolete would likely take much more time to adapt to the change and have to start back at the beginning.

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Solving complex problems

Being a polymath sets you up to solve more complex problems. Many of the largest problems that face society and individuals benefit from solutions that integrate multiple disciplines.

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Standing out in the global economy

The relevance of supply and demand to the job market, to goods and services, to the world of ideas, and to many other places means that you can have the most valuable skill set in the world, but if everyone also has that skill set, then youโ€™re a commodity.

Self-made billionaire Peter Thiel, asks prospective candidates, โ€œWhatโ€™s the one thing you believe is true that no one else agrees with you on?โ€ This simple question very quickly tells you whether or not you have rare and valuable ideas.

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Make Yourself Anti-Fragile

Make Yourself Anti-Fragile

Specialistsย build up a narrow skill set and reputation and become highly paid for it, but they become fragile as their professions disappear or evolve.

Changes to the environment make polymaths stronger. As new paradigms of business emerge or their passions grow, they can quickly combine their existing skill sets in a myriad of ways.

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"Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your sensesโ€Šโ€”โ€Šespecially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else."

LEONARDO DA VINCI

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Famous polymaths

Famous polymaths

Polymaths have existed forever (they are often the ones whoโ€™ve advanced Western civilization more than any othersโ€Š) โ€Šbut theyโ€™ve been called different things throughout history:

Philosopher king: Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, Archimedes.

Renaissance person: Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei.

Gentleman scholar: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams.

Polymath: Marie Curie, Isaac Newton, Theodore Roosevelt.

Modern polymath: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs,ย Mark Zuckerberg.

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