The Science of Success - Magazine - The Atlantic
15 days ago
Recently, however, an alternate hypothesis has emerged from this one and is turning it inside out. This new model suggests that it’s a mistake to understand these “risk” genes only as liabilities. Yes, this new thinking goes, these bad genes can create dysfunction in unfavorable contexts—but they can also enhance function in favorable contexts. The genetic sensitivities to negative experience that the vulnerability hypothesis has identified, it follows, are just the downside of a bigger phenomenon: a heightened genetic sensitivity to all experience.
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Jonah Lehrer on How to Be Creative - WSJ.com
9 weeks ago
It's this ability to attack problems as a beginner, to let go of all preconceptions and fear of failure, that's the key to creativity.
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