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9875943 No.9875943 [Reply] [Original]

What books can help me overcome the arrogance of intellect?

This story about JBP's friend really hit close to home (first 3 minutes) and I thought about it all day long today; that I'm not as smart as I think I am; that intelligence isn't everything; that my intellect was not well nourished; that the world doesn't owe me anything just for being smart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVTogKE25aQ

>> No.9875946

just remember that you'll never be a successful author and probably won't even complete a phd either, hell, do you even have a job?

>> No.9875950

>>9875943
Try asking yourself why you are that way.

>> No.9875955

oh wait i thought this was an /r9k/ thread for lazy-but-smarts but it's actually an undercover peterson thread, fuck u op lil bitch

>> No.9875969

>>9875950
I think it's partly because everyone always told me I was smart. Most people who know me would describe me as smart, intellectual, etc. So it became something I felt like I had to live up to, and then I get more people telling me how smart I am.

>>9875955
The specific story is what I'm more interested in, and the general theme of intellectual arrogance. Not a JBP thread.