A case for good cafes

Creative space: We need more coffeeshops and tea houses like Les Deux Magots in Paris, where celebrated artists and intellectuals such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Picasso once met to chew over issues of the day. — AP

WHEN we look at someone like Mozart who showed his unusual gift at an early age, we think that it must be genetic. But studies show that genetics are a relatively small piece of the genius puzzle.

Geniuses are neither born nor made. They are grown, according to Eric Weiner, author of the bestselling book The Geography of Genius.