Do creative people and innovators die younger?

The age of death is not linked to the amount of creative content or production of an individual. Just consider these boring, mentally lazy individuals: Pablo Picasso died at 91. Sigmund Freud died at 83. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe died at 82. read more

There is no statistical correlation between creative people and dying young. You are citing examples of people who died relatively young, while ignoring those who lived long and happy lives. Einstein lived to be 76. There are examples every day of creative people who die — and there are far more examples every day of creative people who did not. read more

Facts will never move the human heart like storytelling can. Highly creative people, especially artists, know this and weave stories into everything they do. It takes longer for them to explain something, explaining isn’t the point. The experience is. 12. They battle Resistance every day. read more