Over the centuries, polymaths — or people knowledgeable in many disciplines — have brought forth a wide range of inventions and discoveries. Now polymaths may be setting the course of artificial ...

F ive years ago, when Rufus Wainwright began composing Dream Requiem — an epic orchestral work “for the people we have lost ...

Luckily, today’s AI-, internet-, and cloud-powered world makes learning and exchanging information easier than ever; being a polymath is more accessible than ever. The next lesson is just a ...

Though born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Lutz wields the English language like a polymath émigré—Nabokov if Nabokov ...

Also, they promote a deeper understanding of interconnected problems. Adopting the spirit of the polymath begins with how we change our approach to education and professional development.

What is a polymath? If you don’t know the answer then you’re almost certainly not one. Like our good pals Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull, polymaths have a wide knowledge in many different areas.

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Though born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Lutz wields the English language like a polymath émigré—Nabokov if Nabokov had spent 40 years slowly going insane in a suburban Pittsburgh ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.