How Polymaths Win in the Information Age.

You already know about the Renaissance, man. It's the polymath. It's the

man. It's the polymath. It's the

archetype of imagination and curiosity and an expertise that stretches wide but deep. I mean, it's amazing. And yet,

deep. I mean, it's amazing. And yet,

it's not something you should emulate because there is something better.

Trying to be like Da Vinci or Benjamin Franklin or whatever, it doesn't make sense because these men, they're inspiring and they have a lot to teach us, yes, but they're also a product of their time. They thrived in an age of

their time. They thrived in an age of humanism and the enlightenment, but that world doesn't exist anymore. You are in the information age. The game is different. The rules are different. And

different. The rules are different. And

the renaissance man is going digital.

And if you're not adapting to these new skills and technologies and you know to the internet, then you are stuck in the past. So coming up, I'll explain how

past. So coming up, I'll explain how clues from the past renaissance reveal how we are in a new one today. We'll

look at the new skills needed to become a digital renaissance man. And because

this video is it's kind of pointless unless you walk away and do something with it, we'll look at some actionable steps on how you can yeah again become a digital renaissance man. Now on its own the digital renaissance it's a

meaningless buzzword unless we understand the first one. So how did that come about? Between the 14th and 17th century Europe had a cultural and intellectual rebirth. It emerged from

intellectual rebirth. It emerged from the Middle Ages a time of feudalism, strong church authority and rigid social order. And in some ways, this was a

order. And in some ways, this was a pendulum waiting to swing. And it would swing hard because there would be no rebirth without death. And so the black death arrives. This grotesque, hellish

death arrives. This grotesque, hellish disease. It ravages all of Europe. And

disease. It ravages all of Europe. And

to many, it was a form of divine punishment. What other explanation could

punishment. What other explanation could there be? I mean, like a biblical

there be? I mean, like a biblical plague, it was dramatic. It was gory.

And there was no sensible worldly explanation to grab on to. Was it

miasma, the bad air? Was it astrology?

No one really knows. It just seemed like the people had sinned and the people had to suffer. The sheer scale of it would

to suffer. The sheer scale of it would add to that belief. I mean, this must have felt apocalyptic because it wiped out roughly half of Europe. 50% of all people dead. It's crazy. But what does

people dead. It's crazy. But what does any of this have to do with the Renaissance? Well, first it shattered

Renaissance? Well, first it shattered the feudal order. Everyone died. There

was no longer this abundant peasant base to rely on. And because work became more scarce, people had naturally more leverage for better wages and better working conditions, social mobility

became more realistic. And again,

because everyone died, inheritances were shaken up and passed around and spread throughout society. This catastrophe of

throughout society. This catastrophe of human life also disturbed people's worldview. The illness, the death, the

worldview. The illness, the death, the futility of it all. It turned their minds to mortality and to the material.

They asked, "Well, how can we improve our condition here on Earth rather than maybe defer to religious fatalism?" Now,

that's not to say faith and spirituality were dead. They weren't by any means,

were dead. They weren't by any means, but it at least pushed man to seek solutions elsewhere. And this was maybe

solutions elsewhere. And this was maybe the first seed of the new philosophy that would come to define the Renaissance, humanism. But more on that

Renaissance, humanism. But more on that later. Now, the Black Death was the

later. Now, the Black Death was the dramatic reset of Europe and maybe the trigger for the Renaissance. But

historians I read that they call it more an accelerant rather than the main cause itself. The meat of the Renaissance came

itself. The meat of the Renaissance came through wealth. Globalization speeds up

through wealth. Globalization speeds up with the Italian citystate acting as the central hubs. We see innovation in

central hubs. We see innovation in banking that makes trade easier and supports liquid capital, the flow of money. These trade networks grow to

money. These trade networks grow to support the demand of the merchant classes. They need spices, cotton,

classes. They need spices, cotton, sugar, dyes, textiles from all over the world. Ship building also gets better

world. Ship building also gets better with new technology to unlock reliable long-d distanceance routes I believe around Africa and also of course with enough cargo capacity to make these

trips worthwhile. And here's the special

trips worthwhile. And here's the special thing. Trade not only brought wealth but

thing. Trade not only brought wealth but it also introduced new ideas. We got

maths and astronomy from the best of the Islamic scholars. We got science and

Islamic scholars. We got science and medicine from the Byzantines. And we got new aesthetic design from the Ottomans.

The Renaissance simply wouldn't be possible without this great exchange, without this flow of ideas and art and wealth. And again, I want you to

wealth. And again, I want you to remember this because we're seeing it now in a way. But to say it was just wealth, that's shortsighted because we know, especially from today, that money does not buy you taste. But luckily for

us, the Italians back then, they had both. And the Renaissance really is

both. And the Renaissance really is about wealth marrying art and politics, the minglage of all three. Back then the wealthy behaved as patrons because it would buy them political status and

legitimacy within their city. Powerful

families like the Medici or the Borgiers. They would sponsor artists and

Borgiers. They would sponsor artists and sculptors and architects and the grander the project the better because it signaled their wealth and ambition and their creative taste. And now of course

their name was attached to these projects which would buy them that position as cultural leaders and authorities of the city. Man, if you played Assassin's Creed 2, you know this stuff. I don't even have to give this

stuff. I don't even have to give this history lesson. The Catholic Church were

history lesson. The Catholic Church were also very eager patrons. You know, look at the cysteine chapel for example. And

even secular figures would commission religious works almost as a form of penance or offering to God. And if we zoom out and look at the citystates as a whole, you know, Venice, Florence,

Genanoa, Rome, we actually see that they were competing with each other because they were independent. They wanted to outdo the next in terms of wealth and prestige. They wanted the most

prestige. They wanted the most magnificent streets, the grandest cathedrals, and the smartest scholars.

And of course, that sped up the race, which I guess is good for everyone. The

question is, who won in the end?

Italians, let me know. Now, I mentioned humanism earlier, and I said that the black death, okay, it may have set the scene for it, but it's not enough to explain it. One major reason for

explain it. One major reason for humanism to come about was that Europe fell in love with classical text again.

They had a rediscovery of sorts. When

Constantinople fell in 1453, Greek scholars fled west and with them they brought manuscripts and ideas from the likes of Galen and Tommy and all these other ancient classics which were

known of in Europe. They had heard of these already, but they weren't fully appreciated. They were kind of slept on.

appreciated. They were kind of slept on.

Even back home, scholars like Petrarch especially would search the libraries and the monasteries of Europe to rediscover these Latin classics. maybe

from the likes of Cicero or Senica. It

was these works which Renaissance humanism sprouted from and it stressed things like human potential, man as a noble citizen and of course classical virtues. And you would achieve these

virtues. And you would achieve these things through studio humanitatis, a study of the humanities through grammar, through rhetoric, through history, through philosophy. All to turn you into

through philosophy. All to turn you into this noble, well-rounded citizen that is actively participating in the civic life. Renaissance humanism said that

life. Renaissance humanism said that truth is found in the unity of subjects and that the creative and conquering side of man is something to be celebrated. And perhaps as a sort of

celebrated. And perhaps as a sort of rebound from the strict religious orthodoxy of the past, it also stressed inquiry and criticism, a need for this, you know, new openness to earthly

science and learning methods. And again,

this wasn't anti-Christian or secular.

Many Christians took this humanism and this desire for excellence and modeled it in service of God. We also see this mortal humanentric philosophy reflected in the art of the time. We see humble

everyday scenes and we see people experimenting with the human form especially you know famously done in Michelangelo's David. The final cause I

Michelangelo's David. The final cause I want to focus on and something that you will see reflected very heavily today is new technology especially the creation of the printing press by Johannes

Gutenberg. For the first time in

Gutenberg. For the first time in history, scholarly work could be reliably copied and spread around Europe on mass without having to rely on the slow hand copying. Researchers and

really anyone could now freely access what was once scarce and exclusive. And

naturally, this speeds up the flow of ideas through criticism and commentary and the fact that simply more people can see the same work. Because reliable fact was now abundant, Europe had a strong

foundation for the science of the Enlightenment that was soon to come. And

this also set the scene for the Reformation. Printed Bibles were pretty

Reformation. Printed Bibles were pretty much commonplace by now. And since more people were learning how to read, they could interpret it themselves without having to rely on the church authority.

I mean, for better or for worse. Now,

you know how the Renaissance came about.

And look, I get it. It's not an exhaustive list. Don't molest me in the

exhaustive list. Don't molest me in the comments. But these four major causes,

comments. But these four major causes, you'll notice, have modern analoges.

They hint at something happening today, a new digital renaissance. So, I'll

explain each one and of course how you can take advantage of them to become this new archetype, the digital renaissance man. You'll see a common

renaissance man. You'll see a common theme in every single one of these. A

new access to knowledge that not even ancient kings could dream of. And the

best part is it's all here. All of it.

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as promising artisans travel the land looking for inspiration and guidance from their masters, so do we on the internet. and inspiration is now instant

internet. and inspiration is now instant and unlimited. The internet is the new

and unlimited. The internet is the new Florence. These cities of the past, they

Florence. These cities of the past, they concentrated the potential of artists and scholars. Today, anybody from

and scholars. Today, anybody from anywhere can access pretty much all knowledge on Earth. And it makes those ancient libraries of the past look insignificant because, you know, relatively speaking, they are. Just as

the modern west has defeated physical starvation, you know, hunger for example, it has also defeated poverty of the mind. At least in theory. Let's not

the mind. At least in theory. Let's not

be too generous. Now, as long as you have an internet connection and even a shitty laptop, you can learn anything you want. And the only limiting factors

you want. And the only limiting factors really become your discipline and your curiosity. I know this might seem

curiosity. I know this might seem obvious to you, but do we not take it for granted? Because in the Renaissance,

for granted? Because in the Renaissance, private education was reserved for the wealthy. And even things like basic

wealthy. And even things like basic education or apprenticeships were coveted and the masses, the rural poor, could not access these things. Now, the

playing fields really have equalized.

And I still think we're catching up to that fact. We're only starting to

that fact. We're only starting to realize it now. And you know what?

Today, these institutions, the colleges, universities, they feel bloated. They

feel like they are losing their past status. And there's a lot you could say

status. And there's a lot you could say about them. You know, are they

about them. You know, are they ideologically captured? Are they is

ideologically captured? Are they is everyone cheating? Probably yes. Are

everyone cheating? Probably yes. Are

they just there to farm international students for money? Maybe. But that's

not the point of this video. The point

is more than ever you can find success outside of these institutions. You no

longer have to rely on the system and you don't have to go tens of thousands of dollars into debt. And of course there's exceptions to this. But

something is shifting. I said education is now free and infinite. But like the renaissance, it's also connected. We

have access to every master, every artist, every scholar, every fellow man and woman who are trying to do the same things as us and who are sharing that journey. often for free. It's a

journey. often for free. It's a

wonderful form of cooperation and we can learn things so much faster because of that. You know, before we were isolated

that. You know, before we were isolated and we had to we had to go outside to the library and stuff and we had to find these things. I don't even know where to

these things. I don't even know where to start. I wouldn't even know where to

start. I wouldn't even know where to start. No, it's crazy. I can go on

start. No, it's crazy. I can go on YouTube now and learn how to build a PC or how to shoot cinematic film or how to cook a sexy meal, how to build a juicy

physique, how to draw in pencil or more traditional subjects like uh calculus or chemistry or coding, anything and everything. So to make this actionable,

everything. So to make this actionable, you must ensure that your information diet, the things you consume every day are aligned with your creative and intellectual goals. You know, of course,

intellectual goals. You know, of course, there's some room for junk and entertainment slop. There is room for

entertainment slop. There is room for that. But in general, you need to align

that. But in general, you need to align what you see to what you want to produce. That means surrounding yourself

produce. That means surrounding yourself with aspiration, with people who are better than you, who are smarter than you, who have done what you want to do.

And like your physical circle in real life, this influences your behavior. It

influences where you want to go and what you want to do and be. I also always say, chase the rabbit holes. When you

detect this natural curiosity in you, this motivation, follow it because that is, you know, few and far between. You

don't always get that, but when you do, it's amazing and it will take you very far and it will make you learn a lot in a small amount of time. And of course, you must ruthlessly apply what you

learn. When you watch or read something,

learn. When you watch or read something, do not just watch or read it. Make sure

it translates into real life action.

Take notes on it. Say, "What do I what must I do next?" And then practice it.

The internet is the new Florence. and we

don't know how good we have it. In the

Renaissance, wealthy patrons sponsored artists and gave them a foundation to work from. Nothing's really changed

work from. Nothing's really changed there except we've taken it and flipped it on its head such that it's easier for us. Now, instead of the wealthy plucking

us. Now, instead of the wealthy plucking out artists and putting them at the top, the masses do it instead. We offer fame and recognition to the people we support creatively. And of course, the former

creatively. And of course, the former still happens. You know, the wealthy,

still happens. You know, the wealthy, they love to get their fingers in the culture. They love, you know, there's

culture. They love, you know, there's still industry plants. uh if you attend the right diddy party, I'm sure you'll get a nice contract. But the point is the internet has democratized this

process. It's made success easier for

process. It's made success easier for everyone to be blunt. Again, anybody

with an internet connection can create value and value means wealth. It rewards

the competent, the self-reliant, the ambitious, anybody who can use their time and talent to produce something that people want. And listen here, I'm not thinking of core selling scammers or

only fans pimps or Alibaba e-commerce.

No, I'm thinking of real wholesome business here that actually adds to the world in a qualitative way. I mean

things like writing and producing software and making videos. And in fact, I get a lot of emails from you with these projects that you're up to. People

would show me the software they've made for Obsidian, the plugins. They show me books they're writing. They show me substacks they've started. It's

wonderful to see and that is what I mean. We don't really need the

mean. We don't really need the institutions anymore. We just need the

institutions anymore. We just need the courage and the discipline to step off of that predetermined path in front of us and to try something new. And listen,

I I don't want to hype it up too much.

It's not easy money. It's not like get rich quick. It's still work. Now, work

rich quick. It's still work. Now, work

is a good thing, but it's still work.

And of course, all of the pressure is now on your head. You can't just clock out and say, "Ah, the owner will deal with it. It's fine. It's not my problem

with it. It's fine. It's not my problem anymore." No, everything's on you. And

anymore." No, everything's on you. And

unless you are a true entrepreneur yoga male, it's also going to be very long and difficult to produce something worthwhile. I always describe these

worthwhile. I always describe these early stages as pissing into a black hole day after day after day for years maybe waiting for something to happen.

You that's how it felt in college when I was uh making the channel and all that.

But you know what? That's fine because it belongs to you. It's not someone else's company. It's not someone else's

else's company. It's not someone else's dream you are building. It's yours. You

control the hours. You control the work and the source of your, you know, potential future wealth and freedom can be something that you are genuinely passionate about and that's exciting. I

know this is not the same situation, but it reminds me of something that the small farmer said in the grapes of wrath when they were about to get kicked off their land. They said, "Even if it's no

their land. They said, "Even if it's no good, it's still ours." So true. It is

ours. It's why I can't hate on someone who is doing that whole hustle thing.

Sure, there's, you know, we can criticize a lifestyle, but they are working on something that is dear to them. And I can't bash that. I can't

them. And I can't bash that. I can't

say, "Well, how dare you do that?" No,

it's miserable. That's a miserable thing to say. And let's not forget the most

to say. And let's not forget the most obvious thing. You can exchange time for

obvious thing. You can exchange time for money. It's so called a job. But you can

money. It's so called a job. But you can also exchange money for time. And you

know, in my eyes, the easiest way to become a polymath or a Renaissance man is to first have a stable, if not abundant, financial situation. because

again that is how the Renaissance men of old were able to do everything they could do and that just wouldn't be possible if they were I don't know stacking shelves in a Tesco or something. Now whether you think Carl

something. Now whether you think Carl Marx was full of or not he did have a point on how labor in some conditions can feel like a meaningless survival

activity and it dampens the freer, more creative, more human expression of labor. And it's true. It's harder to be

labor. And it's true. It's harder to be creative and open when you are working long hours just to keep the lights on.

That's why I always say to people who want to do everything and be everything, make sure your finances are in order and do that first. Everything else can wait.

You have to sacrifice for now. If you

work for yourself on the side, you can eventually grow that enough to replace your main source of income. And now,

well, if you have a good system in place, you now have more time and energy to be creative and to explore new things and to take life. I think more naturally. You can just wake up and say,

naturally. You can just wake up and say, "Do you know what? Today, I can't be asked. I'm not going to work. I will go

asked. I'm not going to work. I will go on a hike. I'll paint something. I'll

spend more time with my kids." And you do not need a billionaire to be in that position. And yet, it makes life so much

position. And yet, it makes life so much more colorful. So, what can you do to

more colorful. So, what can you do to get to that point? Well, I'll be brief here cuz this isn't my domain. If you

want more, I suggest Dano. He's good for this. But in short, you have to use your

this. But in short, you have to use your unique skills to create value for other people. That's the simplest way to put

people. That's the simplest way to put it. Think, well, what are you good at?

it. Think, well, what are you good at?

What do you obsess over? What looks like a game to you that others might perceive as work? That is your natural advantage,

as work? That is your natural advantage, which you can build upon. And you should lead into it even harder. Learn

everything there is to learn. Compile

from many sources. Practice and

experiment. And really, you want to become an authority on this subject such that you have a story, you have experience, and you have results to back it up and to show off to the world. You

then have to market this value. Show

people what you did and how. Create

content maybe that is useful to them and that will help them achieve the same thing. And then you want to use your

thing. And then you want to use your special knowledge to solve a problem within that niche or that community. Now

in practice it's more complicated but people will pay for solutions. And that

solution come in again many different forms but people pay for solutions. And

finally build evergreen skills. And

these are skills that no matter where you go, no matter what you do, they will always be useful. And these are things like sales, writing, content creation, problem solving for everyone. That is useful. That is

for everyone. That is useful. That is

the core of business. The internet has made the wealth of the Renaissance open to all and closer than ever. And if

there's one thing I want you to walk away with, please do not see this opportunity as some special thing reserved for some other class of people.

It's not. It's for you as well. The

Renaissance saw a rediscovery of the classics. And today we have a

classics. And today we have a rediscovery of the classics. It's kind

of the same. Renaissance scholars often saw commentaries as filters that obscured the original text, the thing they were talking about. And they

stressed this idea of advontis to the source. Above all, one must hasten to

source. Above all, one must hasten to the sources themselves, that is to the Greeks and ancients. Most famously,

Petrarch would write letters to the long deadad Cicero or Virgil, almost treating them, talking to them as if they were long deadad masters or mentors. and he

urged for this intellectual reconnection to them. He felt like he didn't really

to them. He felt like he didn't really know them from the official texts or the official speeches or what people were saying around him. He wanted to know them himself directly. I guess it was

the first parasocial relationship, but for good reasons. But on a serious note, I think something similar is happening now. You know, I don't know about you,

now. You know, I don't know about you, but I'm tired of seeing adaptations, especially when they pervert or undermine the original story. Maybe

because of this weird lens of presantism or just to make a modern audience happy.

Well, I don't know. But it's tiring and I can't help obviously but think of Homer right now. I don't hate adaptations, but I worry that things like, you know, these dumbed down book

talk retellings of Homer or Nolan's new film coming out. I worry that that is how millions of people will come to know Homer. Not the original elusive ancient

Homer. Not the original elusive ancient Homer, but this strange new diluted Homer, you could say. And then

the question is, do these new forms tell Homer's story? Do they represent the

Homer's story? Do they represent the values and the themes that he stood for and wrote about? I don't know. I haven't

seen the movie. I haven't really read lots of these, but my suspicion is no.

So again, it's not a criticism of these adaptations themselves, but I hope it makes people turn ad Fonte to the source. I hope that people can go to

source. I hope that people can go to Homer directly and make sense of it themselves without this filter, without this middleman telling them who Homer is and what he believed. No, we go to the

source. The second thing is the word

source. The second thing is the word you've heard already initification.

Everything's getting worse. Everything

sucks now. Video games are terrible.

Movies are terrible. Literature is

bloated. And AI produces this gray goo tsunami of that no one wants to see. But in a way, this also makes

see. But in a way, this also makes people return to the modern classics.

The things we had maybe just 10 or so years ago that were just normal then, but now are held up in this higher regard. And not just because of

regard. And not just because of nostalgia, because they really were better. What this has done is make the

better. What this has done is make the currency of taste more valuable. You

know, if AI makes everything inauthentic, then authenticity becomes scarce again and more valuable. If media

is now mass-produced and very cash grabby then people demand a return to quality to something that had love put into it. In a way these negative trends

into it. In a way these negative trends have created a counterrevolution of sorts where people are now once again celebrating the human spirit the human

side of creativity and they are demanding work that has soul and you know lived experience put into it that isn't clearly just this you know billion dollar corporation project. Now maybe

I'm completely wrong here. I admit this point was more vibes based. It was more just observations. But I want to hear

just observations. But I want to hear your thoughts. Am I crazy or is this a

your thoughts. Am I crazy or is this a thing? And so comes the final feature of

thing? And so comes the final feature of the digital renaissance. We have

unlocked a completely new skill tree.

And it is a new arena of creativity and art. But what does that even mean? Well,

art. But what does that even mean? Well,

the Renaissance developed new techniques in things like oil painting, in sketching, in sculpture, in architecture, I imagine. And of course, printmaking was a global revolution.

Today is no different. And we have this broad new skill set called digital literacy because every point I've mentioned in this video up till now is irrelevant unless you have the skills

and knowledge needed to make sense of these magic rocks. So, first we have to get the basics out the way. We have to know how computers work, how software works, how to troubleshoot things, how

to stay secure, how to make sense of what's in front of us. And again, this sounds so obvious, but to some people it's completely a different realm and

that is that is limiting you. I would

say I'm pretty inept. Only just now I'm doing my first ever PC build and it's so exciting and it's also taught me an astronomical amount just through all the research and you know seeing what what

everything is, where it goes. And it's

also made me realize I was dumb for a very long time. Still am. It's not the best time to be building a PC. I admit

that it's maybe the worst time ever in the history of humanity. Fair enough.

But at least get to know what's in front of you. Get to know the basics. And I

of you. Get to know the basics. And I

say that screaming to my past self cuz it was holding me back and it was preventing me from using this great leverage we have to its fullest extent.

The second thing, and maybe more importantly, is to learn digital tools because these are the modern analog of an artist's brush or an architect's pencil. I mean, we literally have

pencil. I mean, we literally have editing software called Dainci Resolve.

He would have loved this. We have

Procreate, we have Obsidian, we have Lightroom, we have Blender, we have CAD, we have R. There's all of this wonderful software which you can use to push the boundaries to challenge yourself

creatively and hopefully make some money, too. It's intimidating because

money, too. It's intimidating because when you boot into these for the first time, it looks like a pilot's cockpit.

It's overwhelming. There's so many buttons, you know what to do. But trust

me, once you learn even one digital tool, it gives you a basic intuition that helps you learn the rest much faster. It really is like a language.

faster. It really is like a language.

You know, I recently moved from Premiere Pro to Da Vinci Resolve because Adobe's pricing is But it was despite being new, it was easy for me to understand because I have that past

experience. And I'm sure that if I

experience. And I'm sure that if I started a new app that I've never heard of, I would be able to make those bridges and to kind of get it quicker.

So if you aren't making use of these digital tools, which are often free, by the way, then you are cutting yourself out of an ecosystem with enormous potential both for your, you know,

personal fun, your recreation, and for your career. So I would find something

your career. So I would find something that speaks to you. Some digital art form or creative process. Get the

software, do tutorials and so that it feels fun and meaningful. Apply them as soon as you can. Start making that thing you want to make and don't wait until you know everything to do it. Just do it now. And who knows, this piece of

now. And who knows, this piece of software could end up becoming the backbone of your future. You know, if I had never started uh Photoshop many years ago, I don't think I'd ever

be here because that was the first introduction to this new skill set, this new world that I had no idea existed.

And you don't even have to see it as a professional thing immediately. You

know, I when I learned Photoshop, I learned actually Adobe firework before that. It doesn't have to be for money. I

that. It doesn't have to be for money. I

didn't do it for money. I did it just just to learn Photoshop so I could say, "Okay, this is a skill I learned over the summer." Cool. But yes, it makes you

the summer." Cool. But yes, it makes you more competent. It makes you more

more competent. It makes you more reliable. It can be applied to many

reliable. It can be applied to many different things. And again, it's a new

different things. And again, it's a new language to learn that will put you ahead of someone else who doesn't know these things. That was a lot to discuss.

these things. That was a lot to discuss.

So, as always, I want to hear your thoughts in the comments. Get a

conversation going. Was I bullshitting?

Was your experience? I want to hear it.

And if you liked this video about Renaissance men and polymaths, I will link one here about three other polymaths from history and how we can learn from them. So, go check that Thank you so much for watching.