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David Boffey's avatar

Asimov?

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Caroline Sullivan's avatar

Jack, I think the question isn't so much "Why do they become less successful?" but "Why does the brilliance of their early years fade over time?" (I'm only talking musicians here.) Consider the early careers of McCartney/The Beatles, Dylan, The Kinks, Stevie Wonder - they were brimming with can't-miss genius during their first 10 years or so, but it seems they used it up and exhausted the reserves, too. In other words, do musical geniuses only have so much genius and when it's used up, that's it? I've wondered about that for years.

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