What is the difference between "normal" and "gifted" thought? A dizzying inquiry into the nature of intelligence.

The gifted and talented fascinate us: envy for their abilities, pleas for their now-recognized sufferings. Yet they remain an enigma. We have identified their psychological characteristics: a strong desire for independence, hypersensitivity, low tolerance for boredom, a penchant for existential reflection... We must now examine the fundamental issue: what makes them "gifted" to begin with?
To ask this question is to risk seeing not only ourselves but also our society and its institutions in a new light. It is a bold approach, as philosophical as it is political, with the capacity to save us all in restoring the full depth of what it means to be human.