Lately I keep thinking our biggest problem is that we confuse intelligence with loudness and arrogance, when really it's the opposite.

Intelligence is humility. It's listening and paying attention. It's understanding there's stuff you don't know or understand.

Fuck the Smartest Man in the Room.

@charliejane Susan Cain’s “quiet: the power of introverts in a world that won’t stop talking” covers a lot of how and why the “loudest” “wins” even if everyone knows what is being said is wrong. Worth a read.