Paths to Polymathy Ben Vandgrift TEDxCharlotte

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Learn to learn, by example. While there’s a lot of conversation around how great polymaths are, getting there yourself is still a mystery. Let’s pull back the curtain on that, and look at a spectrum of learning pathways for growing your own knowledge. I want them to walk away from this talk with their boundaries moved. They can, and should, learn more than they think they can. I want them to have another tool in their belt for discovery, another lens through which they can view their own potential genius. • • What action items do you want people to take away from your talk? “1. Grow. 2. Grow.” • • Ben Vandgrift struggles daily with a compulsion to solve problems. His decades-old journey has most recently led him to Clojure, allowing him to solve many software problems elegantly and efficiently. He works as a software engineer when he’s not being mauled by his rescue panther. • • I struggle with a problem-solving compulsion. Like Alton Brown, there’s nothing I hate more than not knowing everything–learning new things is a life’s work, a hobby, a profession, and a joy. • This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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