I read once that when looking at the childhoods of people who are high up in industry or otherwise notable, there’s a larger than expected fraction of childhoods scarred by abuse or neglect; which says interesting things to me about means and variances and societally optimal amounts of abuse. But I’ve never been able to refind the essay...
I read once that when looking at the childhoods of people who are high up in industry or otherwise notable, there’s a larger than expected fraction of childhoods scarred by abuse or neglect; which says interesting things to me about means and variances and societally optimal amounts of abuse. But I’ve never been able to refind the essay...