No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan is sufficient t… - Malcolm Gladwell

We start by believing. And we stop believing only when our doubts and misgivings rise to the point where we can no longer explain them away.

High-tech companies like Google or Microsoft carefully measure the cognitive abilities of prospective employees out of the same belief: they are convinced that those at the very top of the IQ scale have the greatest potential.

In Steiger's case, of course, his high connectedness is a function of his versatility as an actor and, in all likelihood, some degree of good luck. But in the case of Connectors, their ability to span many different worlds is a function of something intrinsic to their personality, some combination of curiosity, self-confidence, sociability, and energy.