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Comment on Personal Development For Polymaths – The Ebook by Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:02:12 +0000

@ Bert, I hadn’t heard of Whole Brain Power, but it sounds like something I need to read.

@ Christie, simply accepting that there isn’t one perfect thing is a huge step for most of us. It frees us up to enjoy all the wonderful yet imperfect things without guilt.

Comment on Personal Development For Polymaths – The Ebook by Christie

Christie — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:36:03 +0000

Thanks for this ebook! I’m a polymath, but until the last year or so I was always trying to find some unifying formula – some perfect ONE thing to aim at. Your book helps us to pursue our passions (plural – yea!) without feeling like we must be expert level at everything we try.

Comment on Personal Development For Polymaths – The Ebook by Bert Richard

Bert Richard — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:09:15 +0000

Looking forward to reading this! I enjoyed your ambidexterity book and am reading another one (Whole Brain Power). This one is next!

Comment on Personal Development For Polymaths – The Ebook by Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:05:48 +0000

@ Jeremy, good to know you’re still around too. I see you’ve been writing about food and exercise lately. Since that happens to be a new focus of mine, I’ll stop by and check out those posts.

@ Daniel, I think you could spraypaint it, if you get a big sheet of paper, cut the letters out, tape it on the wall, and spray through the holes. Good luck!

Comment on Personal Development For Polymaths – The Ebook by Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:42:23 +0000

Finished now,
Thanks for the book, this was a good inspiration source

Comment on Personal Development For Polymaths – The Ebook by Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:36:14 +0000

I want to read this so much, just because I read the opening quote!

I hope my flatmates won’t mind if I spraypaint it on our wall

Specializations is for insects!!!
Daniel

Comment on Personal Development For Polymaths – The Ebook by Jeremy Day

Jeremy Day — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:38:25 +0000

Hi Hunter,

Great stuff! Glad Im still following your website. Hope all is well!

Cheers,
Jeremy

Comment on Mind Reading In 30 Seconds by David

David — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:56:13 +0000

I gave this some thought before finally settling on 37. Needless to say, after I scrolled down my jaw hit floor !!

Comment on The Advantage Of Dual Identities (And The Paradox Of Intellectual Promiscuity) by Richard Ray

Richard Ray — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:05:03 +0000

I think it’s far too limiting to focus on one or even two occupations as the definition of a human. Perhaps lepidoptery and writing were two occupations Nabokov became known for on a mass scale, but for all I know, he might have been an excellent pie maker, expert at child-rearing, and an impressive calligraphist as well. For that matter, occupations themselves are too limiting. Was he honest and open-minded in his personal relations? Did he pray? Was he a generous man?

All aspects of a person influence one’s success in any given venture, so much so that the venture itself is an almost irrelevant, yet inevitable, byproduct of a human whose influences in life defined him or her up until the point of creating the work in question. To quote an obscure song from the obscure band Shriekback, “Every force evolves a form.”

Comment on Is Democracy Really The Best Form Of Government? by NorthM

NorthM — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:35:58 +0000

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, Democracy is the worst form of government not including everything else.

Democracy tends to work best with an informed and educated population. Unfortunately, that’s not all that easy to find. Among it’s flaws, it’s susceptible to mob rule and influence by special interests.

On the other hand, Aristocracies and Dictatorships aren’t typically that fun to live under, but without them, Europe would be a lot less fun to visit.

From the reading I’ve done, “consensus” style governments are most likely to provide moral and fair rule. Typically, decision making is done by deliberation by committees or juries after taking into account as wide a range of opinions as possible. Not without flaws. For example, implementing legislation can take a lot longer, but debate will usually identify bad laws or poorly thought out policies.