Geniuses and prophets do not usually excel in professional learning, and their originality, if any, is often due precisely to the fact that they do not. (Joseph Schumpeter)

Geniuses and prophets do not usually excel in professional learning, and their originality, if any, is often due precisely to the fact that they do not.

Joseph Schumpeter

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