[homonculus1]

I used to think that being smart was inherently virtuous, but I've noticed that some people use it to infinitely rationalize their demands of others. It is utopian thinking, colored by some flavor of personal bias, which inevitably falls short of the real world in its attempts to optimize other people's lives.

The traditionally spiritual mindsets are necessary to be a positive fit. Wisdom, mindfulness, humility, acceptance etc. I think they are correlated to intelligence but they are not as immediately accessible as cleverness, they must be intentionally cultivated.

Everybody has to seek these for themselves and try to be a good model for those they interact with. Nobody is good enough to be good for everybody else, plan the whole system, and cure everybody by rule of force. The inability to tolerate some amount of imperfection and dirtiness is the root of a greater evil. Don't invite dragons to take care of your wolf problem.