Good read on an important topic. Nearly all geniuses were: - privately educated with elite tutors - introduced to complex topics young - around adults instead of peers when young Thoughts: -great contemporary thinkers should teach th... See more

In the 20th century, most elites believed that "art" described a rarified sphere of complicated symbolic activity, which stood in opposition to the "mass culture" of bland, sensationalist, lowest-common-denominator works made for profit. There was no confusing the two worlds, because there was a very high bar for what qualified as "art." The avant-... See more