ABSTRACT

Toxic giftedness is giftedness that is used for negative and even harmful ends. The field of giftedness has not been quick to recognize the importance to society of toxic giftedness, and its responsibility to combat it. This article defines the concept of toxic giftedness. Then it discusses two manifestations of toxic giftedness: gifted toxic leadership and gifted toxic followership. Toxic leaders and toxic followers are of different kinds. Some toxic leaders intend to do harm; others do so inadvertently. Toxic followers look out for their own interests at the expense of others’ interests. They may be oblivious, ingratiators, loyalists, or True Believers. Educators of the gifted have a responsibility in current times to do more to combat toxic giftedness and to do whatever they can to ensure that giftedness is used in ways to make the world better, not worse.

摘要

有毒天赋是用于消极甚至有害目的的天赋。天赋领域并没有很快认识到有毒天赋对社会的重要性，以及与它作斗争的责任。本文定义了有毒天赋的概念。然后它讨论了有毒天赋的两种表现形式：有天赋的有毒领导力和有天赋的有毒追随者。有毒的领导者和有毒的追随者是不同的类型。一些有毒的领导人打算造成伤害；其他人无意中这样做了。有毒的追随者以牺牲他人的利益为代价来寻求自己的利益。他们可能是健忘者、逢迎者、忠诚者或真正的信徒。天才的教育者在当今时代有责任做更多的事情来对抗有毒的天赋，并尽其所能确保天赋被用于使世界变得更美好的方式，