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- The Last Days of the Polymath (2009) http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/content/edward-carr/last-days-polymath 19 comments
- Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/blog/ed-cumming/hunting-modern-polymaths 13 comments
- The Last Days of the Polymath http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/print/2078 11 comments
- The Last Days of the Polymath http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/content/edward-carr/last-days-polymath 8 comments
- Is Google killing general knowledge? http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/content/brian-cathcart/no-passes 36 comments
- We are all writers now http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/content/anne-trubek/we-are-all-writers-now 3 comments
- Being Crazy Is Noisy http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/story/being-crazy-noisy 19 comments
- Solo Science: Tinkering outside the tower http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/story/solo-science 2 comments
- Reading the Game: intelligence tends to be regarded with deep suspicion in sport. But now it has won the World Cup http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/ed-smith/intelligence-sport 15 comments soccer
- David Foster Wallace's 2005 Commencement Speech to Kenyon College. One of my favorite short reads http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/story/david-foster-wallace-in-his-own-words 105 comments books
- How is an ordinary person to know what today’s professional philosophers think? http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/anthony-gottlieb/what-do-philosophers-believe 45 comments philosophy
- "DON'T YOU THINK SHE'S A LITTLE BIT YOUNG?" http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/print/2002 11 comments reddit.com
- The Last Days of the Polymath http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/print/2078 11 comments cogsci
- Today is the one year anniversary of DFW's suicide. Here's the transcript of his Kenyon commencement speech, for your bittersweet inspiration. http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/story/david-foster-wallace-in-his-own-words 9 comments books
- Where is a hedonist to look for his heroes? Not to the religious traditions of the East, to be sure: they lack enthusiasm for the illusory pleasures of this world. The Buddha may have rejected the stony path of asceticism, but he was keener on eliminating desires than on satisfying them. http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/node/863 34 comments philosophy
- Is Google killing general knowledge? http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/content/brian-cathcart/no-passes 3 comments reddit.com
- We Are All African Now. http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/content/jm-ledgard/exodus 4 comments history
- An evolutionary reason to give up http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/blog/emily-bobrow/evolutionary-reason-give 45 comments cogsci
- Nothing to think about. http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/story/nothing-think-about 3 comments philosophy
- Someone to Watch Over Me - How to tell if you're being followed, and what to do if you are http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/node/897 3 comments reddit.com
- The Perils of Popularizing Science http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/node/820 3 comments science
- "Today's British public is as panicky about paedophiles as its ancestors were about witches." http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/node/766 8 comments politics