Are Intelligent People More Lonely? #theschooloflife #lonelinesssociety #solitude
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It sounds like a hugely arrogant and self-serving suggestion to imply that cleverness might lead you to loneliness. But if you define cleverness in a selective (and modest) way, there may truly be an aspect whereby it can lead to a certain isolation.
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