Everything Under the Sun

Recently I started writing a very introspective and lengthy piece of work that may one day develop into a book. This requires serious introspection and self-reflection. What is the difference between those two things?  Self-Reflection "is meditation or serious thought about one's character, actions, and motives." Introspection "is the examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes." So, what is the chicken and what is the egg? Can you self-reflect without introspecting? Can you be introspective without self-reflecting? One is about character, action and motive, the other is about mental and emotional processes.  You must have mental and emotional faculties in order to have motive. The motives create a series of potential actions. And your decided-upon actions create your character. The sequence must then be; your mind negotiates with your emotions, regulating the degree to which they influence your motives. Then your motives drive y...

Polymath : " a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning." Why is it that so many people like Joe Rogan? He's a stand-up comedian, an MMA commentator (and very knowledgeable about the sport), he's a podcast host, a fitness enthusiast, a well-read individual, a bow-hunter, and an aficionado of recreational drugs. He's a polymath. He's also not alone. Many other individuals in his circle (sometimes referred to as the Intellectual Dark Web) are this way as well. Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, Eric Weinstein, Ben Shapiro, and others can sit in a room and discuss complex topics ranging from psychology to physics to economics in great depth and with clear understanding. It doesn't matter which subjects you choose, but to be a Polymath is to have understanding, comprehension and articulation of a vast array of subjects.  Some of our most revered figures in history were polymaths. Leonardo Davinci was an inventor, scientist, artist and philosopher. Thomas Jeffers...