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The Genius Helping World Leaders and Billionaires Go Viral

by heshiebee on 3/6/25, 12:59 AM with 4 comments

• by phs318u on 3/6/25, 2:22 AM

  How do you get to be a "genius"? I'd love to be a genius, but it seems less dependent on what you do and more on what others do. Presumably one needs to be "annointed" by an independent body that assesses your body of work (e.g. a professional body, or the MSM). Another path is to be "annointed" by a body that is seeking external validation for its own action or posture.

  Remember when geniuses used to be really, really smart people?

• by bigyabai on 3/6/25, 1:07 AM

  The "genius" who resigned from his government post after being accused of sexual assault?

  Maybe he should have used his vast intellect to not experiment with improper conduct around the fairer sex.