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Great point.

Vonnegut comes to mind in literature. In one of his novels, he even grades his other works A-F based on how good he thinks they were. His grades seem remarkably accurate, too, given my subjectivity as a reader, and his bias as the author.

Seems like the passage of time has a role in accentuating the genius of artists



> passage of time has a role in accentuating the genius of artists

That makes sense, I think genius is time evolving process.

One pattern, I have seen in high performers, is that they are competing only with themselves, using introspective feedback to continuously improve in an ego free way.


Yes. If you come to conclusions independently and those conclusions survive positively for hundreds of years, credit is due




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