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What Does ‘Genius’ Really Mean?
Humans have long tried to understand a quicksilver quality that defies explanation.
by
Helen Lewis
via
The Atlantic
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on
August 14, 2025
History Was Never Subject to Democratic Control
Elite merchants put up a statue of a British slave trader. A band of protesters toppled it. Who decides what happens now?
by
Helen Lewis
via
The Atlantic
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on
August 9, 2021
Book
The Genius Myth
: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea
Helen Lewis
2025