your comments reminds me of this, which was posted here on HN some time ago when it first came out. "The Last Days of the Polymath" http://moreintelligentlife.

your comments reminds me of this, which was posted here on HN some time ago when it first came out. "The Last Days of the Polymath" http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/edward-carr/last-days-polymath http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/edward-carr/last-days...