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Where did all the geniuses go? (aporiamagazine.com)
3 points by noch 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



Being quicker or better at something than your peers isn't something to advertise, anymore. At best you're arrogant in the eyes of others, more likely you become the target of everyone who finds it easier to excuse failures than strive for success.

People are far more into celebrating their handicaps and mental blocks than their gifts. "I'm worse off than you" doesn't upset others the way "I'm better than you" does; so people try to avoid giving any impression they think they might be better than anyone at anything.


It's been my experience over a long lifetime that the vast majority of people who live their lives thinking they're better than everyone and feel the need to tell people how superior they are, aren't.




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