Genius Myth
*A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman and GQ Book for 2025 *
''Brilliant, timely and compulsively readable'' Oliver Burkeman
The tortured poet. The rebellious scientist. The monstrous artist. The tech disruptor.
You can tell what a society values by who it labels as a genius. You can also tell who it excludes, who it enables, and what it is prepared to tolerate.
Taking us from the Renaissance Fl...
*A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman and GQ Book for 2025 *
''Brilliant, timely and compulsively readable'' Oliver Burkeman
The tortured poet. The rebellious scientist. The monstrous artist. The tech disruptor.
You can tell what a society values by who it labels as a genius. You can also tell who it excludes, who it enables, and what it is prepared to tolerate.
Taking us from the Renaissance Fl...
