In Praise of Deliberate Amateurs

Have you ever wondered about what attracts us scholars to take up an area in which we are absolute beginners, to start from scratch and take a risk although it would be more comfortable to remain 'disciplined' and apply the same scholarly paradigms throughout one's entire career? I recently published a piece with University Business Magazine.

It's a QUICK READ at c. 600 words.

Denominators: David Epstein, Range (2021); Hannah Arendt & natality; amateurs & dilettantes; Vannevar Bush, Science, the Endless Frontier.