a) as he puts it
Public discussion is smitten by genetics and what we’re “hard-wired” to do. And it’s true that genes place a leash on our capacities. But the brain is also phenomenally plastic. We construct ourselves through behavior.
b) I have met an extraordinary number of brilliant people especially in the US who work hard, but are somehow reduced to defending or hiding their hard work, in the interest of looking "cool". This illusion of "effortless brilliance" behind the successful breeds more disappointment than inspiration and is, I believe, a remnant of a pre-democratic age of inherited brilliance.
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