The article quotes the currently popular psychological "grit" literature more than once, to support the idea that creative people, notwithstanding their gifts,

The article quotes the currently popular psychological "grit" literature more than once, to support the idea that creative people, notwithstanding their gifts, are often extremely annoying. For those who missed a recent drama, a psychological diagnosis called "Asperger's" was briefly popular, until people noticed that many very successful people met the diagnostic criteria (Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Thomas Jefferson, Isaac Newton among others). So psychologists, nothing if not flexible, unceremoniously dropped Asperger's and replaced it with the "grit" meme. The latter condition celebrates the same traits that the former condition condemned. But the article is titled in a way that contradicts its own conclusion, which is that creative people may be seen only as uncooperative and antisocial, at least when they're young.