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The myth of the cult of genius, in 48 minutes
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Episode The myth of the cult of genius, in 48 minutes
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A philosopher who walked away from an elite academic career to spend 3 years washing dishes in a monastery says that intellectual life has nothing to do with degrees.
Zena Hitz argues that the real philosophers are taxi drivers, office clerks, prisoners: Everyday people who exist outside the cult of academia.
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