Intelligence & Sanity (video)

My previous piece titled The Ignorance of Intelligence puts intelligence in aframework that’s larger than what’s intellectual. This is still too limited. The reason this is important is because the opposite of intelligence is not stupidity, it’s insanity.We don’t recognize this, and because we don’t clearly distinguish what’s intelligent from what’s insane we allow, accept, condone, and encourage behaviors that confuse the two.In politics, Donald Trump is both intelligent and insane, at least he was intelligent once. And because we don’t recognize his insanity we debate the intelligence of what he says and does. This is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.Trump has gone a step further by surrounding himself with people who, while not insane, are not intelligent. Like many of us, these minions do not or cannot distinguish the intelligence from the insanity of their situation. As a result they potentiate the insanity.In this short, 9-minute video I touch on the subjects of intelligence and insanity. I am bringing it to your attention so that you may think about it further. Once we recognize the insanity around us, we can push back against it. Until then, we mistakenly believe insanity is a matter of debate better left to others.As always, if you’d like to talk about this in relation to your life you can book a video call with me on my calendar at: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindstrengthbalance.substack.com/subscribe