Ask HN: What’s Life Like as a Genius?
Everyone can cultivate Persistence instead of relying on "genius", whatever that word means to you. An article I found:
https://exploringyourmind.com/the-key-to-being-a-true-genius...
I especially liked this sentence, talking about examples of genius Steve Jobs, Stephen Hawking, and Leonardo Da Vinci:
"if there was something that characterized them, it was their drive to outperform themselves every day."
Everyone is a genius if they tap into latent genius that may be buried inside. For those who have tapped it and continue to leverage their genius, that’s great! You can be a genius with low IQ, however IQ is a bad metric for measuring genius.
What’s it like though? Everything is an opportunity, and opportunities multiply as they are seized, so you will see many doors open for you if you apply yourself. Talent without work is nothing.
Having way too many ideas and not enough time to work on all of them. You have to say "no" a lot to not let it drag you down.
Like everyone is blind.
The world runs in slow motion.
Frustrating, depressing.
This seems to describe an egotistical person. If we're using genius in the sense of "Mensa people" then it probably a pretty accurate statement of how they view things.
If you're considering genius as someone who not only has higher than normal cognitive functions, but also is able to leverage that in to actual understanding it would be different.
People are not blind, they just cannot see over the fence. They just aren't held to any expectations. Without expectations people will never grow to see over the fence or find something to stand on to see. Instead we construct a system in which we convince people they are blind, and most people want to accept the reality that they are presented.
The world is not in slow motion at all. It's fast, too fast. People act to quickly, knee jerk reactions for things where they lack sufficient information to make a reasonable decision. The world moves slow only to those who have yet to comprehend there are things they still do not know.
This happens because of the above 2 points. Hubris in that if only people would listen to MY genius ideas and if they all weren't so blind and slow I would no longer be depressed. Consider how that reads. Very sophomoric view of things.
As genius I would disagree with all of your points. Those are the views of an egotist.
Constant wonder and amazement.
That's how life is as a genius. There are infinite puzzles to solve. There is complexity in the smallest things we can find.
Yes, yes, I already know this dreary HN pissing contest of topping people and coming up with "cutting" psycho-analysis based on a few simple words in print form.
Now go away, please.
The mirror is difficult to look in to sometimes.
Thanks for proving my point.