On an unrelated note (completely unrelated to the original article, but highly related to the place that Michael's post is coming from), when things in your lif

On an unrelated note (completely unrelated to the original article, but highly related to the place that Michael's post is coming from), when things in your life don't go the way you want them to, and you find yourself in a position where you're upset that everyone isn't recognizing your genius, there's two things you can do. (1) You can take a long hard look at yourself and the people around you and your assumptions about everything, and realize that maybe you screwed up and/or maybe they screwed up and/or maybe the system can be a little messed up sometimes. And, forgive yourself and forgive other people and accept that life is full of bumps and misunderstandings and confusing situations and downright unknowable things, and soldier on a little bit older and wiser and less certain of your own infallibility. - or - (2) You can construct an elaborately detailed worldview in which you are still a flawless genius and everyone else is wrong, and devote the rest of your life to trying to convince everyone else of this worldview. If people push back or don't believe you, that still works because your whole worldview is that you're a flawless genius and they're all idiotic corporate drones, so of course they don't want to buy what you're selling. It's a narcissistic tautology, and it's a black hole that sadly many otherwise intelligent people get sucked into.