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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Class
04:11 • 2min
Encouragement of the Polymath
05:41 • 2min
The Eating of the Samurai
07:42 • 3min
Polymaths - A Culture of the Many-Sided Potential
10:34 • 4min
How to Understand Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence From Different Perspectives
14:45 • 2min
The History of Western Philosophy
16:41 • 4min
What Happened in Central Asia?
20:54 • 2min
The House of Wisdom in Baghdad
23:17 • 1min
Polymaths Quote - The Song China Bit
24:29 • 4min
The Rich Athens Hypothesis
28:08 • 2min
The Polymath
30:12 • 2min
The Myth of the Specialists
31:58 • 3min
Specialisation Is Not the Norm, but the Exception
34:31 • 2min
The Rise of Specialisation in the Enlightenment
36:51 • 4min
What Is Encyclopedic?
41:12 • 2min
I've Got 151 Biographies in My Notes
43:24 • 4min
Almost Everyone Is a Polymath
47:11 • 2min
The Polish Clergyman
49:15 • 2min
Copernicus Was Really Into Astronomy
51:41 • 2min
Is There a Polish Intellectual in the 15th Century?
53:54 • 2min
The Great Alchemist, Isaac Newton
55:25 • 4min
Then There's the King of the Marley Empire, Mansu Musa
59:42 • 2min
Is This a Real Place?
01:01:39 • 3min
The National Hero of the Philippines, Jose Rital
01:05:02 • 4min
What's in the Rest of the Book?
01:09:12 • 2min
Is Specialization a Necessity for Survival?
01:11:10 • 4min
Anders Ericsson's 10,000 Hour Rule
01:15:37 • 2min
Is There a Filtering Problem With IQ?
01:17:40 • 4min
Is There a Relationship Between IQ and Personality?
01:21:21 • 2min
Are You Low on Openness to Experience?
01:23:09 • 4min
What Is Syncretic Perspective?
01:27:34 • 2min
Aristotle's Anaconda Veda Argument Is a Good Idea
01:29:12 • 2min
How Polemathy and Creativity Are Related
01:31:32 • 4min
Are You 25 Times More Likely to Win the Nobel Prize?
01:35:23 • 2min
What I Learned About Polymaths
01:37:32 • 2min