Is Talent Overrated, from Scott Brooks
Lots of experts are convinced talent is that crucial factor separating those who get what they want from those who do not.
But the issue is, as this article explains, that technology has taken a lot of the randomness out of the equation. Ironically, in an era in which ideologues have turned personal advantages into a political movement, we are awash in electronically engineered fixes that make it almost impossible for even the laziest or most clueless to deliver anything other than a polished product.