Now here’s an interesting concept: David Shenk, author of five books, and a contributor to National Geographic, Slate, The New York Times, Gourmet, Harper's, The American Scholar, NPR, and PBS, is asking for help in writing his next book, which is tentatively titled, The Genius In All of Us: Nature, Nurture and the New Science of Talent and Giftedness, to be published by Doubleday.

 

Shenk started a blog in January called The Genius In All of Us where he presents research that fleshes out a new way of understanding the source of greatness. In the blog, he asks for reader skepticism and openness and for observations and personal experience through posts on the blog or through e-mail. From this dialogue, he hopes to solidify ideas to write a provocative and compelling book.

 

Some of his blog entries include

Whether or not you choose to participate in the online dialog, I think you will find Shenk’s entries interesting. It is also informative to follow the reader discussions that follow each entry.