It is fascinating, is it not, that when we are put in a situation with everything provided for us, without any struggle, that is… boring.
That the mise paradise ended the way it did
This is the historical version of this https://www.nngroup.com/articles/fitts-law/, often the system is the cause of issues, not the people. This is solved by things like Lean startup suggesting the 5 questions system to figure out what the real issue was.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tlddeUri3GM also connects with this quite interestingly! They all say the same thing, in different contexts.
This is probably the biggest factor for Great People. Drive and clarity gets past this limitation.