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Waqas Ahmed

Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility

Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility

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The myth that specialization is the only way to pursue truth, identity, or a livelihood is outdated and fosters ignorance, exploitation, and disillusionment. Waqas Ahmed's book "The Polymath" proposes a cognitive journey to reclaim your innate polymathic state and a cultural revolution in education and professional structures to encourage everyone to express themselves in multiple ways and fulfill their many-sided potential. This enhances individual fulfillment and facilitates a conscious and creative society that is well-equipped to address 21st-century challenges.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 11 January 2019
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Every human is born with multifarious potential. Why, then, do parents, schools and employers insist that we restrict our many talents and interests; that we 'specialise' in just one?

We've been sold a myth, that to 'specialise' is the only way to pursue truth, identity, or even a livelihood. Yet specialisation is nothing but an outdated system that fosters ignorance, exploitation and disillusionment and thwarts creativity, opportunity and progress.

Following a series of exchanges with the world’s greatest historians, futurists, philosophers and scientists, Waqas Ahmed has weaved together a narrative of history and a vision for the future that seeks to disrupt this prevailing system of unwarranted ‘hyper-specialisation.’

In The Polymath, Waqas shows us that there is another way of thinking and being. Through an approach that is both philosophical and practical, he sets out a cognitive journey towards reclaiming your innate polymathic state. Going further, he proposes nothing less than a cultural revolution in our education and professional structures, whereby everyone is encouraged to express themselves in multiple ways and fulfil their many-sided potential.

Not only does this enhance individual fulfilment, but in doing so, facilitates a conscious and creative society that is both highly motivated and well equipped to address the complexity of 21st century challenges.

Weight: 614g
Dimension: 234 x 161 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781119508489

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