… to be interested in many things. According to Dr. Boli,
… if you are interested in more than one thing, accept your diagnosis. Polymathy is your certificate of manumission, your hall pass, your get-out-of-jail-free card, the thing that makes it possible for you to say, “I’m allowed to be interested in more than one thing.” In fact, you are not just allowed: you are required. Polymathy is your label; you must get into your box and stay there, just like everybody else. But the box labeled “polymath” is the only box that turns out to be as big as the whole universe.