How You Can Be Too Clever

It might strike us as odd to claim that a person might be ‘too’ clever. Yet excessive intelligence can blind us to some of life’s simplest pleasures — and most important truths.
Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: https://bit.ly/2TMs0dT
For books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: https://bit.ly/32ZJkmZ
Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: https://bit.ly/3JYrrp6
Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/join


FURTHER READING

You can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: https://bit.ly/3qefVOq

“It is hard to imagine that there could be any such thing as excessive intelligence. After all, most of the problems of the world and of individual lives clearly come down to a shortfall in cleverness – and a surfeit of impulsiveness, self-righteousness and cruelty.Yet it seems that there could still be a way of using our intelligence that cuts us off from necessary encounters with simple truths about us:
With humdrum facts
With down-to-earth ideas and appetites
With unglamorous impulses and naive yet profound speculations”


MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE

Watch more films on SELF in our playlist:
http://bit.ly/TSOLself


SOCIAL MEDIA

Feel free to follow us at the links below:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/


CREDITS

Produced in collaboration with:

Natalia biegaj
https://www.nb-animation.com

Title animation produced in collaboration with

Vale Productions
https://www.valeproductions.co.uk/

the school of lifeschooloflifeeducation