{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Why we stopped making Einsteins", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/678925739288051712/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://argumate.tumblr.com/post/678924818048024578/why-we-stopped-making-einsteins\" target=\"_blank\">argumate</a>:</p><blockquote><p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https://href.li/?https://erikhoel.substack.com/p/why-we-stopped-making-einsteins\",\"display_url\":\"https://href.li/?https://erikhoel.substack.com/p/why-we-stopped-making-einsteins\",\"title\":\"Why we stopped making Einsteins\",\"description\":\"Geniuses of the past were aristocratically tutored\",\"author\":\"Erik Hoel\",\"site_name\":\"erikhoel.substack.com\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"53a10759b896126c3cbea217073b7b28:80125e59c021e6e7-dc\",\"type\":\"image/jpeg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":571}]}'><a href=\"https://href.li/?https://erikhoel.substack.com/p/why-we-stopped-making-einsteins\" target=\"_blank\">Why we stopped making Einsteins</a></p><blockquote class=\"npf_indented\"><p>Certainly though, it appears that would-be-genius children had extremely abnormal amounts of one-on-one time with intellectually-inclined adults, who often introduced them to advanced topics far beyond their age. Once you begin looking, tutors pop up like mushrooms around historical geniuses.</p></blockquote><blockquote class=\"npf_indented\"><p>The traditional line for why essentially all intellectuals used to be aristocrats is that they were the only people with the leisure time to pursue the life of the mind. But what if it was never solely about leisure, but also a style of education that has fallen out of favor?</p></blockquote></blockquote>"}