I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Most problems in the world are perpetuated by bureaucrats (ignorant of complex systems) with no "trying to help". Put the State Department on sabbatical & see how peace will organically erupt. Also the past was more peaceful than claimed.

The virtuous worry about their integrity, lesser humans (say, academics) about their reputation.

Studying the work and intellectual habits of a "genius" to learn from him is like studying the garb of a chef to emulate his cooking.