in 1997, statistician David Banks wrote an essay titled "The Problem Of Excess Genius" – why are some periods and places so astonishingly more productive than the rest? His primary examples are Athens, Florence and London + another set of minor examples (Paris, New York) pic.twitter.com/28959lVBqx
Excellent exploration of why some periods have way more creatives and innovators than others using interesting historical cases. read halfway through, come back later.
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