The Genius Famine: Why we need geniuses, why they are dying out, why we must rescue them - Softcover

Charlton, Bruce; Dutton, Edward

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9781908684608: The Genius Famine: Why we need geniuses, why they are dying out, why we must rescue them
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1908684607 ISBN 13: 9781908684608
Publisher: University of Buckingham Press, 2016

Synopsis

Geniuses are rare and exceptional people; but the great ideas, discoveries and inventions of human history, which have allowed the development of civilization itself, were the products of geniuses. The Genius Famine finds that a genius combines extremely high intelligence with a unworldly, intuitive personality. Geniuses will seldom fit-into normal society, they will seldom want to. And we shouldn’t want them to, because it is their unusual and socially-difficult nature which drives geniuses to come up with original ideas, and solutions to otherwise unsolvable problems. But modern society has been hit by a genius famine. There are ever-fewer geniuses and, to make matters worse, modern society has become actively hostile to those few geniuses we still have. The Genius Famine explores the nature of genius, why the genius famine has happened, how the famine will lead to the decline of civilization, and what we can and should do to overcome it.

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About the Author

Edward Dutton is Adjunct Professor of the Anthropology of Religion at Oulu University in Finland and an independent scholar.

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Publisher
University of Buckingham Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1908684607
ISBN 13 
9781908684608
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
232
Rating
  • 4.11 out of 5 stars
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