evidence: Please heed the call [...] Elon Musk is among those suggested as contemporary renaissance men. As an internet-savvy youth, he co-founded x.com, a company that transitioned into PayPal. But instead of staying with making online innovations, he founded Space-X a privately-funded rocket that put a satellite in orbit and docked the Space-X Dragon with the International Space station. Musk founded Tesla Motors and is credited with the initial idea for SolarCity, the largest solar provider in the U.S. Musk is concerned about three existential threats to humanity; falling global birthrates, artificial intelligence going wrong, and the rise of religious extremism. As an entrepreneur and innovative engineer, he likes to be known as a patron of the arts. He put out a call on Twitter for his new Tesla Factory in Germany. However, since he is not a master of the art himself, I don't consider him and true Renaissance Man. [...] Moving through life is like walking barefoot on a bed of hot coals. The trick is to take brisk steps forward so that you don’t absorb too much heat. The lighter the stride, the less chance of being burned.