
Episode 26: Grit
Hidden Brain
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How Much Does It Matter?
Shankar: In our society, it seems that there's this image of the genius who doesn't really have to work very hard. Shankar: There might be a psychological reason why we want to think of genius as being effortless. He says in other words, when you present geniuses being effortless at some level, it's more pleasurable to the audience than if you present them as trying too hard.
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