>aspiring polymath This reminds me of people who say they want to be writers, but aren't, and will never be. These people don't enjoy suffering the craft of wr

>aspiring polymath This reminds me of people who say they want to be writers, but aren't, and will never be. These people don't enjoy suffering the craft of writing. They just want to enjoy the status of being a writer. Similarly, you don't want to be a polymath. Actual polymaths never said "I want to be a polymath". That's just vanity. Polymath is a vague status marker. Do you want to pursue art and engineering and math and architecture and beauty and truth and etc.? Then pursue those things, don't pursue the state of being a polymath. It sounds pretentious.