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Who was the last Renaissance Person -- a polymath with genuine and important expertise in a broad range of arts and sciences?

Tempted to say Goethe, anyone more recent?
Getting a lot of really interesting answers but few of them really cross the arts/sciences divide. Best examples that did really substantial work on both sides (George Eliot, JS Mill, Bertrand Russell) all use *philosophy* as the bridge. Not many with hard science & soft culture.
I wonder if the answers are Danica McKellar, Mayim Bialik, Colin First, Natalie Portman and Kristen Stewart en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91…
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Peugeot-Citroen's love affair with China could be coming to an end -- or could be preparing for a new dawn. (thread) bloomberg.com/amp/opinion/ar…
Per this scoop from Bloomberg today, Dongfeng motor is considering selling its 12% stake in PSA Group, maker of Peugeot and Citroen.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
This will make a great trading profit. They bought it for €800m as part of a 2014 bailout brokered by the French government. It's now worth €2.2bn. PSA is the third-best performing auto stock globally over the past 5 years.
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One thing I find odd about the argument @pimco argument that yields are negative because we're all saving more (as described in this great @BChappatta piece bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…) is that as far as I can see we are not, in fact, saving more.
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This is why I find the whole "Hmm, Chinese students overseas rarely criticize the CCP, they must all be brainwashed/sincerely loyal" such an annoying framing.

What they are is *circumspect*.
Some no doubt *are* sincerely loyal. Some, perhaps quite a large share, will be Party members. Some will really never have heard alternative views and aren't interested.

But it's not all stimulus-response. Many just think before they speak, and decide it's not worth the risk.
If you think Chinese overseas students on the news seem oddly likely to echo CCP propaganda, it's worth reflecting that this is the only risk-free form of public political speech they can engage in.
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