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Kaj_Sotala comments on Advice for a smart 8-year-old bored with school - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: James_Miller 09 October 2013 07:19PM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 10 October 2013 06:21:34AM 5 points [-]

My guess: The Curse of the Gifted, and not being forced to learn self-discipline until a time when it was very expensive to learn.