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The article doesn't say that marriage turns genius off, it says that marriage and _children_ turn it off. BFD

My bet is that children alone absolutely destroy productivity and further, that marriage without children would (at least initially) enhance productivity.

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Strange as its increased my productivity. Kids do take up a load of time, but its been THE most focusing effect of my life :- 1. Any spare time I have, I work immensely hard - no creativity suites with bean bags for inspiration; no procrastination on which direction I take or how elegant/short my code can be. If it works, its in. 2. My product (or subsequent ones) HAS to succeed. I'm simply working to keep a roof over our heads and now have another mouth to feed. "Necessity is the mother of all invention" a smart chap from across the pond once said. In short - I do not suffer from motivational problems.

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