Saved by Lillian Sheng
Gays, Jews, and Geniuses
A world that relies on social inequality to keep its machinery running can only afford for a handful of people to imagine themselves “gifted.”
Ruha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
Society is good at training talent but terrible at cultivating genius. Talented people are good at hitting targets others can’t hit, but geniuses find targets others can’t see. They are opposite modes of excellence. Talent is predictable, genius is unpredictable.