You know quite a bit about diverse subjects, I assume because they interest you. Was that a reason for why you decided to pursue a career in law? Or did an interest in law beget your interest in diverse subjects?
I wanted to do Commerce and Law. I didn't know you had to do a math unit in High School, so I had to do Arts and Law instead. I've always been heavily interested in business however.
I wanted to do law because it related to business. I never thought to be a lawyer, and I still don't - even if I were, it would only be for M&A / transactional work, and I would probably leave after the first 3-4 years. The Legal Sector is well behind in the digital age. The partners refuse to change, and lawyers themselves aren't equipped with the skills to change. The Big 4 accounting firms for example can adapt very easily as they specialize in a variety of areas (in fact Anderson had a massive fleet of lawyers before the enron scandal). Lawyers essentially specialize in risk management (and interpreting/applying the law). That's definitely not something I want to do.
Thanks for the compliment, ultimately I just like learning, and I actually find a lot of things naturally interesting. I like the how and why questions, not the what questions. I also think the more you know the better, especially at a younger age. It makes learning new things/concepts easier, and it makes analogizing/contextualizing things easier. I wouldn't think the law had anything to do with that desire to learn, although definitely understanding how the law works infects how I perceive the world, since the law touches everything. As a result, it also makes things more interesting, as when I read stuff that has legal implications I can make sense of whats going on. Contrastingly, when I read a scientific paper on cancer, I'm lost.
Ultimately that was a long winded way of saying that since I've always enjoyed business, and think succeeding in business requires you to have an appreciation of a variety of areas, I've naturally been drawn to a variety of areas.