I love having brilliant friends cause it helps me grow, but it also warps my perspective on the value I have to offer others
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I think the fact you can honestly say that you can take things away from brilliant people and grow, says alot about you. Surely you can be positively impressionable down the road.
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Your brilliant friends probably feel the same which keeps them from pursuits they would do otherwise, which leaves so much on the table. It’s probably more important to believe you’re going to do something than to be very smart. & you’re probably smart enough to do a lot.
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Still... probably better than the alternative. When brilliant people validate you that should be helpful.
But stupid people just provide a false sense of being superior and they can smell it a mile away. So, these judgements of people are the problem. You can learn from anyone.
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Do your brilliant friends like you? I guess they do. If they are so brilliant, why would they like you if you offered no value?
Maybe ask them why they like you
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Two nights ago I dreamed we met in an airport terminal and had a conversation where I asked you for your opinion on my physical appearance. What makes you think you aren’t as equally brilliant?
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When I started my PhD at Harvard, suddenly all my irl friends did the thing that had made me special at the same level or better.
Suddenly my ability to do impressions became rly important to me.
Comparative advantage can be a weird force!
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