Gladwell: Why do we equate genius with precocity?

Thanks to amethystfirefly for pointing me at 750words. She has positive things to say about it, and just from what I checked out, it seems pretty nifty, and I certainly need the motivation. Unfortunately my computer froze up after I wrote my 750 words yesterday, and I didn't get credit for them. :(

But that's not what I want to talk about. I want to talk about innovators and culminators and how they relate to Malcolm Gladwell's article about precocious geniuses and late bloomers.

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