The most important thing I learned in my 20s is that being smart doesn't make you special. Eventually you need to learn to try hard and to enjoy learning to do things you're not immediately good at. It turns out that the people who didn't learn this lesson were reading Harry Potter fanfic.
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@evacide I remember the DAY I learned this to my bone marrow. It's the single most important thing I learned before the age of 50.
@evacide there is a saying someone once told me "Hardwork beats talent, till talent starts working hard"
Also, there are some good Harry Potter fanfics out there.
@Mellivora The one I have in mind is very, very bad.
@evacide @Mellivora I know exactly which one you're referring to, and yes, it's dogshit.
@evacide @Mellivora As is the whole delusional cult that sprang from it.
Personally, I think that talent is dangerously overappreciated. The fact that we still appreciate talent over ethical concerns is one of the very reasons why our world is how it currently is. Specifically, assuming that talent is somehow unique, unreplaceable, and worth all the problematic issues with a person because the alternative is somehow murdering all chance of future progress.