Is Talent about Flow or Grind?
In this clip, Rory Sutherland unpacks
The Myth of “effortless genius” —
from Mozart’s fluency to
Beethoven’s brute force, and
Da Vinci’s four-hour
bursts of brilliance.
He draws a striking line
between Creative Process
and Intelligence Strategy,
showing how the best
breakthroughs —
in Art, Advertising
or Espionage —
often come OUTSIDE
of The Process, not
from within it.
From Tarantino’s poolside scribbles
to Bletchley Park’s eccentric
hiring methods, Rory argues that
Distraction isn’t Procrastination —
and that forcing Creativity into
procedural-neatness is a fatal error.
M'Benga is The Butcher of J'Gal +
He kills Dak'Rah - Star Trek Strange N...
Ambassador Dak'Rah :
I've just been informed that my time on the ship
is being cut short. We don't have as much time
as I had hoped to get to know one another.
M'BENGA:
-- I'm okay with that.
I don't need to know any
more than I already do.
Now... Please Go Away.
Ambassador Dak'Rah :
I thought that as Victims of
the horrors of J'Gal, that...
M'BENGA:
STOP!
I KNOW why you're here.
You want me to make you feel okay.
To say you've done enough.
Ambassador Dak'Rah :
You misunderstand me.
M'BENGA:
Oh, I understand you,
General Dak'Rah, son of Ra'Ul.
Ambassador Dak'Rah :
....Perhaps you do.
I sense that We are The Same.
You're letting Your Pain cloud your Judgment.
M'BENGA:
Please.
Leave me alone.
Ambassador Dak'Rah :
Don't let hate ruin your soul.
M'BENGA:
You gave The Order!
Anyone not a Klingon
soldier is The Enemy.
You gave the order.
Ambassador Dak'Rah :
Yes, this is true.
But I've been doing the best I can
to make up for my transgressions.
Kiff didn't fight the hardest.
It was Captain Ruh'lis.
He held me back while
you made your escape.
- [BLADE SLICING, STABBING]
- [GRUNTING]
You turned me into a monster.
I told you I was there.
I am the Butcher of J'Gal.
Ambassador Dak'Rah :
No — All of this time...
All of this time, you've said nothing.
You let me take credit.
M'BENGA:
Because, unlike you, I
am ashamed of that night.
I am ashamed of my cowardice.
M'BENGA:
I looked for you.
And now here you are,
using the blood on my hands
to make yourself a saint.
Ambassador Dak'Rah :
I only wanted Starfleet to trust me.
Look at the work that I've done.
People need saints.
They need belief.
If people knew the truth,
my work would be undone.
Your work is built on lies.
You never paid for what you did.
Ambassador Dak'Rah :
When I was at my lowest,
the Federation was there.
I need it, and They need me.
I have a purpose now.
Why did you have to come?
Why couldn't you leave me alone?
Ambassador Dak'Rah :
M'Benga, I'm here to provide healing.
Please, let me have a
chance to help you heal.
M'BENGA:
I said no.
Ambassador Dak'Rah :
Don't be stupid.
M'BENGA [GRUNTING]:
You're a war criminal.
Ambassador Dak'Rah :
Don't you see it?
M'BENGA:
Get your hands off!
Ambassador Dak'Rah :
So selfish a human!
M'BENGA:
Don't!
[EXHALES WEAKLY]
I was there.
Saw the whole thing.
Rah wanted to talk, but Joseph was done.
He told Rah he didn't want to
be involved with a war criminal.
Guess hearing that set him off.
I can't believe he would
do something like this.
COMPUTER:
Commander Kiff, Klingon, deceased.
Captain Ruh'lis, Klingon, deceased.
Ambassador Dak'Rah, Klingon, deceased.
The knife belongs to the
Butcher of J'Gal, right?
Starfleet records tell us
the DNA belongs to the
three warlords he k*lled.
And I checked the logs, tracked movements.
They corroborate the timeline.
I'm just shocked
that Rah would attack him like that.
I guess it just goes to show,
no one ever really knows
what goes on in anyone's heart.
♪
Joseph.
La'An's submitting her report.
Uh, there's likely to
be an inquiry, but...
Oh, we've known each other...
- How long?
- Too long to count.
Yeah, I'd like to think,
if you did instigate the fight with Rah,
if it got away from you
somehow, you could talk to me.
I'd be on your side. We'd work it out.
I didn't start the fight, Chris.
This whole situation, it's...
it's complicated.
Is it?
Rah was living a lie.
I saw his true face.
What if I told you he m*rder*d children?
Not his men.
He did it.
What if I started the fight then?
Would that be so bad?
Even if he had secrets,
there's due process.
That's why we have tribunals.
The Diplomatic Corps knew who he was,
and they still let him
represent the Federation.
The Federation believes everyone
deserves a second chance.
What about justice?
What about the victims?
Doesn't everyone deserve
to pay for their actions?
So who decides, hmm?
Who pays and who gets redemption?
Where's the line?
[CHUCKLES] You're right, Chris.
We've known each other
for a very long time,
see eye to eye on most things.
But you haven't lived my life.
You have the privilege
of believing in what's best in people.
Me?
I happen to know there are
some things in this world
that don't deserve forgiveness.
What are you saying?
I told you, I didn't start the fight.
But I'm glad he's dead.
M'BENGA: Chief Medical
Officer's Log, stardate . .
Biobed two is working again.
At least for now.
But I know it's only a matter of time
before it shuts down again.
Some things break in a way
that can never be repaired.
Only managed.
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]
