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Do Not Do This One Thing if You Wish to Become Intelligent

Tavian Jean-Pierre
5 min readAug 23, 2021

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”

Albert Einstein

Some people are born more intelligent than others, and we can see that in the early stages of life. These children tend to be more curious and begin outperforming their peers early. We all know of that one child that used to get the highest in a class all the time with minimal effort. That child could have been you.

Thankfully, intelligence is not only left down to genes. With hard work and determination, we can build up the skills needed to become intelligent individuals. For some of us, it takes longer than others. But with so much knowledge out there, we have no excuse to be ignorant or stupid.

The problem is, we see more of the latter in the world. Despite there being more news reports than anyone can count every day, people still seem to be unaware. Although our society is advancing in technology and knowledge, people still have no clue how to better themselves.

Not to mention, society has made it harder to find the truth as many people live their lives with a filter on. We are scared to say things lest we be “cancelled”. And our freedom to think is becoming dimmer whilst freedom of expression, whatever that means, is…

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Tavian Jean-Pierre
Tavian Jean-Pierre

Written by Tavian Jean-Pierre

Founder of the Better Conversations Podcast | Writer of The Edge Newsletter | Thought leadership in the topics of innovation, economics, and entrepreneurship

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