The myth of the "genius creator" requires that we ignore the people they build on, or insist they don't matter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH5Vl99k2JQ

The wonderful Copy Me project (previously) has revealed the first installment in its new three-part series on The Creativity Delusion, which takes aim at the "myth of genius," which picks a small subsection of creators, scientists and entrepreneurs and declares them to be "original" by ignoring all the work they plundered to create their own and erasing all the creators whose shoulders they stand upon. (more…)