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The Curse of the High IQ
- Narrated by: Jason Brooks
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
Society, by statistical necessity, needs to focus on the majority. It needs to be built and designed for "the average". Society, by moral necessity, also needs to focus on the disadvantaged and disabled, helping those who cannot help themselves. But while the majority of society's resources, attention, and infrastructure is dedicated to average or below-average people, little-to-none of it is dedicated to the abnormally intelligent. And while having a high IQ is an overall net benefit in life, being a statistical intellectual freak is not without its drawbacks. Welcome to The Curse of the High IQ.
Whether you fall asleep during class, constantly ram heads with your boss, can't understand why people watch the Oscars, are an alcoholic, or are accused of having ADD, having a high IQ can be a maddening experience. What you see as the obvious solution is what the "normies" will fight against tooth and nail. Those Ds you keep getting in English? Your superior mind being held hostage by the boring and inferior mind of your teacher. And you'd like to start a family? Good luck finding an intellectual equal for a spouse. And so while the world obsesses on their own problems, no one is paying attention to the problems of the abnormally intelligent. However, that all changes now with Curse of the High IQ.
Curse of the High IQ is the first book specifically written for abnormally intelligent people. It identifies and addresses a litany of problems intelligent people face, analyzes them and provides solutions. But more importantly it aims to bring sanity to those who struggle with abnormal intelligence, especially those who are unaware they have it. So if you're constantly at odds with society, are suffering from depression or ennui, can't find any reason or agency in life, or just plain can't find any friends, consider purchasing this book.
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- Beine Jr
- 25-11-22
The Obvious
Great Book, funny and provocative.
But I believe that many reader of this book have need to believe they are smart.
They will after reading this book recommend the book to show of passive that they are smart, they will use quotes from the book for a while until they forget.
but if you are truly smart,bank the book in to your mind, only recommend it to your smart best friend.
I would hate meet the person who have read this book , only for him to show this book down my throat,in hope I will get that he's smart.
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- Alexander Vik
- 01-12-20
answers many questions I had about myself
and people around me. It's lonely, it's confusing, it can be even scary to live a life and not realizing you are too much to those around you.
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- Mr
- 01-09-20
Clarey's usual pugnacious and amusing style.
Aaron Clarey is one of those people that you're never quite sure how seriously to take, but who never fails to both entertain and thought-provoke. There's a lot of questionable logic in here based on his own personal prejudices. I'm not convinced that IQ is as much of a fixed quotient, or a determinant of personal traits as he claims in this book, nor am I convinced by dubious assertions like "only dumb people are religious", but despite all this, he never fails to make you think in interesting and different ways about our social norms and interactions.
His amusingly strident and provocative ranting is entertaining enough to see you through the parts of the book where one is inclined to doubt his thesis - and his argument is strong enough to interest you during the rest of it.
It's all very interesting - as long as you don't think too carefully about the angry, nihilistic premises on which it's based.
The narrator is good to, and captures the tone of the author well.
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- Yookatz
- 10-08-21
Thank You.
This book has helped me get my sanity back. Thank You from the bottom of my heart Cappy.
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- Nic
- 06-09-16
Brilliant.
If you have a brain and are not an indoctrinated leftist moron then you need this.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-03-22
And suddenly, it all makes sense
28 years of miserable experiences socially, financially and educationally has suddenly become very apparent. So much so that it almost feels too good to be true, but it isn’t.
Guess the world is the problem after all. 😂
At least you, like myself will have clarity and closure on what’s probably been hell after reading this if you’re higher than average intelligence. Good luck friend.
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- Dan norman
- 05-03-21
just brilliant
a great short book that puts so much into perspective without the waffle. I look forward to reading more from the author.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-07-20
Very insightful
Thanks for the great insights. So I am not crazy 😁. First chapter was a bit tough to get through with the long lists of names being called to make a point (gets a lot better afterwards). The overall tone might be a bit negative and some expressions may not have been very ‘politically correct’, but to say that compromises the value provided is just nuts!
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- Florian Sterk
- 21-07-21
Buying this is wasting your credit / money
For seven chapters in this audio book the Author rants against ‘idiocracy’, ‘mediocracy’ and the burden of being smarter than average. If you’re gifted / smarter than average, you already know all this.
In the last chapter the Author offers his advice, which boils down to: get your IQ tested, become selfemployed, and don’t let the other non-gifteds get you down.
You also already know all this.
Don’t waste your precious time.
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- Rockstar's mum
- 23-08-20
Is he really this bitter?
He makes some good points but it's mostly just opinion and preaching. Maybe I'm just not as abnormally intelligent.
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