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97. The Polymath by Waqas Ahmed

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Specialisation Is Not the Norm, but the Exception

We dismiss or ignore the many sides of people in history, celebrating them instead for one particular achievement. This culture of typecasting and attaching a person to one exclusive identity also affects the limited way we view history. The hyper-specialists you will find are rare; polymaths are the norm. I think this is really important to know about and to think about because anything that can remind us of our historical contingency is super valuable.

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