[T]he great genie, the granter of wishes-God, in a microcosm-is archetypally trapped in the tiny confines of a lamp and subject, as well, to the will of the lamp's current holder. Genie-genius-is the combination of possibility and potential, and extreme constraint. (Jordan Peterson)

[T]he great genie, the granter of wishes-God, in a microcosm-is archetypally trapped in the tiny confines of a lamp and subject, as well, to the will of the lamp's current holder. Genie-genius-is the combination of possibility and potential, and extreme constraint.

Jordan Peterson

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