My friend Chris Jarred recently introduced me to The Thomas Jefferson Hour podcast, and right now I’m cooking dinner and listening to a delightful episode in which they discuss Christopher Hitchens’ Thomas Jefferson biography. Clay Jenkinson, the Jefferson scholar who most of the time is in character as Jefferson, describes Hitchens as having a quality that really struck me – one of being so well read in so many disciplines that he had triangulated his intellect in ways that scholars isolated within their various fields rarely manage.
From now on, whenever I get frustrated in having too many hobbies or too many interests, I’m going remind myself that I’m just “triangulating my intellect.”
So, I’m planning on reading the Jefferson biography, and I’m definitely going to continue listening to the podcast … and I’m going to finish making dinner right now.
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I love this video. I've talked to so many tea
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I'm pretty sure we still have a VHS player st
madfarmer
Oh. God. That makes me hate humanity.
I love it! I'm anxiously awaiting the day that the divided time spent "triangulating" pays off and surpasses the mark potentially set by the isolated focus that everyone raves about...who needs that anyway?
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