Why so few artists and geniuses? Well, not only do they have to be brilliant, but we regular folk have to recognize that brilliance and that recognition has to survive through the ages.
How many Plato's and Nietzsche's have been forgotten; their legacy lost? Even worse, how many have been repressed and actively tortured for their 'heresy'?
Laziness is definitely a symptom of fear; fear of unrewarded effort, fear of failure, fear of what's outside, fear of rejection. All things that keep people in front of the TV where life is safe and empty and you can hide from the world and hope nobody notices.
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