flâneur

Find Your Scenius - David Perell

perell.com · 580 words · saved by 1 readers

In the ancient world, the word “genius” referred to communities as often as people.  The musician-philosopher Brian Eno has a different name for the same idea: Scenius. It rhymes with genius, and describes both the intelligence and intuition of a cultural scene, as if genius is a communal pursuit as much as an individual one.

In the ancient world, the word “genius” referred to communities as often as people. The musician-philosopher Brian Eno has a different name for the same idea: Scenius. It rhymes with genius, and describes both the intelligence and intuition of a cultural scene, as if genius is a communal pursuit as much as an individual one. In Eno’s words: “If genius is the creative intelligence of an individual, Scenius is the creative intelligence of a group.” Scenius is The Eagle and Child pub in Oxford, where C.S Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien frequented and birthed three of the five best-selling fantasy…

saved by

related reading