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"'''Amateur polymath'''" is a short essay by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. | |||
=== Essay === | === Essay === | ||
I was an amateur polymath as a child, and I am the same at 59. All I really care about is reading ideas and talking about ideas. | I was an amateur polymath as a child, and I am the same at 59. All I really care about is reading ideas and talking about ideas. (And drawing ideas, and singing ideas, and dancing ideas, and so forth.) | ||
Career? One doesn't get a career, doesn't *want* a career. Specialism is death! | Career? One doesn't get a career, doesn't *want* a career. Specialism is death! | ||
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It's a good life. I like it. | It's a good life. I like it. | ||
== History == | |||
Jones wrote the essay on the morning of Thursday, 10 December 2020, in a [https://www.facebook.com/groups/concellation/permalink/332096324504505/?comment_id=332250694489068 comment on Facebook]. | |||
== In the News == | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
== External links == | |||
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[[Category:Star Trek]] | |||
[[Category:Essays]] | |||
Latest revision as of 04:23, 4 August 2022
"Amateur polymath" is a short essay by Karl Jones.
Essay
I was an amateur polymath as a child, and I am the same at 59. All I really care about is reading ideas and talking about ideas. (And drawing ideas, and singing ideas, and dancing ideas, and so forth.)
Career? One doesn't get a career, doesn't *want* a career. Specialism is death!
One gets a kind of mosaic, rather than a resume as such.
It's a good life. I like it.
History
Jones wrote the essay on the morning of Thursday, 10 December 2020, in a comment on Facebook.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
- Crimes against mathematical constants
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes