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The title of this episode is Kanye West Genius Question Mark. And the question mark is doing a lot of work. Paul, Claudia and Walter go back and forth on what genius actually means — does it apply across the board or can it apply to just one area? Walter brings in Prince. Paul brings in Steve Jobs. The Oxford dictionary gets pulled out. And the debate lands somewhere genuinely interesting — you can be a genius plumber and still not be able to do brain surgery. As of right now what field does Kanye's genius actually apply to? Music. Shoes. Maybe. Everything else is still being decided.
Takeaways:
- Genius according to the Oxford dictionary means exceptional intellectual or creative power either generally or in some particular respect
- Genius can apply to one specific area — mastery in one field does not automatically transfer to another
- Prince played every instrument himself and wrote everything — a different category of musical genius than Kanye
- Steve Jobs never built a thing himself but orchestrated genius around him — a different type entirely
- Being a genius in your craft and being a genius as a human being are two completely separate conversations
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