The Polymathica Founders Group

I am dedicating 2023 to the recruitment, organization and deployment of 100 founders of our subculture, Polymathica.  We will have a private discussion area within my Substack, but we will also hold Zoom meetings, etc.

This will not be a debating society.  We will initiate projects, recruit leaders, get funding, if needed, and make it all happen.  It is all about creating a parallel economy, with our own news, our own TV, our own books, our own social media, etc.

Now, the people who join the Founders Group and are successful will likely acquire very affluent lifestyle.  But, don't do it for that.  There are probably easier ways to join the 1%.  This is primarily a big deal you will be one of the Polymathica Founders.  For the 10 million or so Polymathicans you will be where it all started.

For those of you who just stumbled in, Polymathica is a subculture of Western Culture that reveres Intellectual Sophistication and engages in a lifelong pursuit it.  Intellectual Sophistication is a combination of intelligence, erudition, objectivity and discipline.  Because of this, we kind of need to be Apollonian rather than Dionysian.  We are definitely part of Western Culture and, as such, we embrace liberal (not Liberal) values.  But, we have our own take on it and one that I think most of us are quite proud.

At the core of the Founders Group will the Polymathica Central Workgroup.  Literally, we will be building a web presence that will be sort of like a combination of Amazon, Facebook, Twitter (or Gettr), Youtube (or Rumble), and more.  It won't have as many monthly users (not even close), but what it lacks there it will partially make up for in breadth.  The members of the workgroup will, upon success, definitely become wealthy, but not Zuckerberg level wealthy.

I want Polymathica Central to be a collection of subdomains, bookstores, fashion boutiques, video streaming services, social media groups, educational groups, etc. Polymathica Central will charge 'rent' for being on the domain, like a kind of virtual mall, and that will be worthwhile because if you are providing goods or services to polymathic people, that is where you will find them.  This is called network effects and is what drives the Internet.

I will spend time and energy getting this started.  However, other people in the work group will be the CEO, CIT, CFO, etc. of Polymathica Central.  I learn, I think and then I write.  To that end I will create a subdomain, The Polymathic Roundtable.  It will be comprised of about 12 of the very best Polymaths I can find.  Each of us will have a newsletter, but we will also convene round table discussions on a broad spectrum of topics.  These may be presented in print, podcast or video.  If in video, which I expect to be the norm, they will be accompanied by subscriber Super Chats.

The going rate for paid subscribers on Substack is $60, though few newsletter writers can really justify that with volume of content.  The Polymathic Roundtable will begin on Substack and be an outgrowth of my current MichaelWFerguson.Substack.com account.  If you want to support the development of Polymathica Central and/or the Polymathic Roundtable but aren't interested in becoming a Founder, your $60 per year paid subscription will be greatly appreciated.

Your $60 Polymathic Round Table paid subscription will get you premium subscription status for your choice of 5 of the 12 Round Table members.  You may procure more at $12 per year each.  This, I believe, is a fair 'fee for service' or subscription price.  My goal is to actually make this service the best source of news, analysis and commentary available anywhere.

The top ten newsletters on Substack average $2,000,000 per year of revenue.  Substack is new and that will likely increase over the next few years.  My goal for The Polymathic Roundtable is that we will eventually have 500,000 subscribers for a total revenue of 30,000,000 USD revenue.  This translates to $1,750,000 per year of income for the average Round Table member.  This is will be a usual income for Polymaths.

Polymathica Central will enable Polymaths and serve Polymathicans in a growing number of ways and the initial 100 Founders Group is what will make it all happen.  Western Culture is fragmenting and if you don't want to be stuck with the choice between Woke and Right wing, you need to support alternative futures for yourself.  Polymathica may be your preferred cultural home.

If you are interested in being a Polymathica Central Founder, you begin by becoming a Founder Subscriber.  Your annual dues are $210.  This is used to fund the organizational development process that will include advertising, promotion and administration.  We will have articles and Zoom meetings where we will discuss the subdomain productive activities that you may want to consider.  Other Founders, especially those who will construct Polymathica Central may contribute other suggestions.

The advertising process itself will involve promoting articles, encouraging readers to become free subscribers and from this group we will recruit founding members.  The membership fee for Founding Membership will finance this process.  Because of that, Founders will have access to the growing subscriber list to undertake their project.

Early on, I will encourage one or more Founders to create a subdomain for crowdfunding.  Acquiring and developing a subdomain will not be free and often may require a small, private equity round of financing.  This will not only enable our subdomain enterprises, it will provide an opportunity for substantial capital appreciation among Polymathicans.

If you are interested in becoming part of the Founding team, I suggest that you join as soon as possible.  I am limiting this group to 100 and it is best to grab your place and get to work before someone else does.  If you want to support the development of Polymathica Central and incidentally the Polymathic subculture, do join as a paid subscription to my Newsletter.  We will work on increasing the premium services that are provided to paid subscribers.  Rest assured that much of your support will be used to grow the ranks of Polymathicans.