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Avinash Adik's avatar

Shantanu I have to hand it to you ! What a subject you have chosen to write about ! The pressure of wanting to be on top of their game and skill set was the ultimate undoing of their geniuses and fatigue ! Very few have managed to come to terms with this and endured it despite the historical statistics against them ; a very well written and surmised article yet again from your mind !

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sanjay parikh's avatar

Is there a difference between geniuses that come from disturbed and impoverished backgrounds and those who come from normal upbringing. Does the upbringing impact the path to genius, the obsession with achievement and perfection which is no doubt hard and extracts a heavy price leading to their torture? There are other examples of genius too. Christiano Ronaldo is one. Nick Kyrgios is probably another tortured genius. And there will many more examples of each type. It is clear it takes a lot to do very well and the toll can be unbearable. Balance is always good and how to achieve it is always the key question

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