Are Intelligent People More Lonely?

Editorial Analysis

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. \nFor gifts and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: https://goo.gl/jw4fnn\nJoin our mailing list: http://bit.ly/2e0TQNJ \nOr visit us in person at our London HQ: https://goo.gl/nuDuCY\nDownload our App: https://goo.gl/UE9jVJ\n\nFURTHER READING\n\n“It sounds like a very mean and undemocratic thought, trading off the peculiar glamour that isolation has in a Romantic culture – in order to gain an oblique sense of superiority and perhaps pass off an absence of social skills as a virtue.\n\nIt is important, therefore, to be clear what is meant here by intelligence. It has nothing to do with degrees or any of the criteria by which we ordinarily measure cleverness. What is meant is emotional intelligence, which exists (or not) in every strata and nook of society…”\n\nYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: https://goo.gl/zrSj1X\n\nMORE SCHOOL OF LIFE\n\nOur website has classes, articles and products to help you think and grow: https://goo.gl/W1TZoj\n\nWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: \nhttp://bit.ly/TSOLself\n\nYou can submit translations and transcripts on all of our videos here: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog&tab=2 \nFind out how more here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en-GB \n\n\nSOCIAL MEDIA\n\nFeel free to follow us at the links below:\n\nDownload our App: https://goo.gl/UE9jVJ\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ \nTwitter: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife \nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ \n\n\nCREDITS\n\nProduced in collaboration with:\n \nLuca Bowles\nhttp://www.lucabowles.com/