I was struck by the fact that throughout the video there was
a constant presumption that geniuses – or at least highly intelligent people – are
the most successful members of society. I haven’t found that to be true. Some
of the most intelligent people I have known have been the least successful, largely because they can’t be bothered
trying to fit in with the stupid way in which humans go about conducting their
affairs. It’s the Donald Trumps of this world who enjoy worldly success. It’s a
self-evident fact that western society, at least, tends to reward the
psychopath, not the genius.
And that made me feel better since I’ve never been
successful at anything. One of the
personal qualities not included in the ten was a tendency to be restless, a
tendency to feel the need to move on and explore something else once you’ve
reached a level which you consider acceptable, or at least proved you can do
it. Maybe they didn’t include it because restlessness is considered a failing.
Right then, so that’s my excuse for being a committed
failure. And it really doesn’t matter anyway since I never claimed to be any
sort of genius. I’m just looking for an excuse to make a blog post because it’s
been a boring sort of day.
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