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Genius = Various permutations of intensities of { Innate Talent, Hardwork, Imagination, Opportunity, Self Confidence, Curiosity, Environmental Context in Time }
by rramadass 6y ago
Genius = Various permutations of intensities of { Innate Talent, Hardwork, Imagination, Opportunity, Self Confidence, Curiosity, Environmental Context in Time } tipped over by "Chance".
- tartoran 6y agoYes, sometimes all the needles tick in the right quadrants but other times not. There are plenty of tortured geniuses out there who had one extremly developed facet to the detriment of others, but did register as ‘genius’ after all. I wonder if inner happines is to ever be considered part of genius
- randcraw 6y agoApparently Shannon described genius as a response to discovering a source of irritation. If that's universally true of genius, then their ability to reduce their own irritation would imply increased personal happiness. If that irritation were shared by others, reducing it should increase happiness in others, throughout those afflicted. Certainly medical geniuses increase happiness to others through decreasing disease and the loss of happiness it causes. Don't artistic geniuses do something similar, by elevating their art form to new heights, instilling wonder and awe in their audiences? Perhaps increasing happiness in others is essential to genius. If the genius cares about others, that service to others ought to please themselves too. Of course, some examples of social psychopathy might also be called genius: Hitler, Stalin, Henry VIII, Pol Pot and many successful politicians possess(ed) a perverse genius for rising to power and wielding it effectively, often at great expense to the happiness of their people. These people did so much damage to so many lives, it's certain they cared little about the happiness of others, nor what their Machiavellianism said about themselves or their impact on history.
- andyxor 6y agomissing Popularity, Network Effects, Evangelism, Fashion, Trend, Marketing, Shoulders of Giants
- alexilliamson 6y agoWhat does marketing have to do with genius?
- jfrd 6y agoAndy Warhol was surely some kind of marketing genius.
- andyxor 6y agomany geniuses are considered such because of active marketing of their efforts by prominent evangelists and sponsors, think Van Gogh and his brother. Many have only been discovered after century in oblivion because someone found and promoted their work, think Bach and Mendelssohn, etc.