Re:The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius
by ken on Saturday November 23, 2019 @02:14PM
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I think it'd be more accurate to say that most people haven't yet found something to be obsessively interested in.
Although the child prodigy is a popular image, I don't actually know anyone who's ended up doing the same thing all their life since they were young. People bounce around a lot before they hit something that clicks. Sometimes it's at 15, sometimes it's at 50.
Even people who have obsessive interests today first went through their boring phases, too.
Although the child prodigy is a popular image, I don't actually know anyone who's ended up doing the same thing all their life since they were young. People bounce around a lot before they hit something that clicks. Sometimes it's at 15, sometimes it's at 50.
Even people who have obsessive interests today first went through their boring phases, too.