Episode 276: Attention Please
Very Bad Wizards
Understanding the Distinction of Genius and Attention
The distinction made in the conversation is that genius is not just about natural faculty of attention, but rather the will to continue having a thought and come back to it. Genius is the disposition to produce works that require sustained attention, driven by a person's interests and wide variety of categories. Once a person has acquired a whole bunch of concepts and can relate a bunch of things to each other, they are able to link together concepts in a way that can sustain attention.
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