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Every brilliant jerk is trying to use their brilliance (which they have control over via study, practice, etc...) to offset their jerkiness (which they have no control over, childhood wounds, etc...)https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1336532186430722050 …

A good social structure allows various types of brilliance to be accepted so these individuals can experience "wholeness". e.g. if your brilliance is having a "particular set of skills" like Liam Neeson. Then a society that respects soldiers/cops channels that shadow usefully.

Intellectual brilliance similarly is an attempt to be "whole".https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1333339180601020416?s=20 …

Where brilliance burns and hurts the most however is creative brilliance. e.g. the tortured artist archetype. This is because while the intellectual/soldier can beat up people with mind/body, the creative cannot project shadow violently b/c of the need for recognition.

Writers, musicians, or actors for example cannot insult their fans. A successful creative stands within the "Center". A soldier/intellectual on the other hand stands at the "Top".

The soldier/intellectual capstones a hierarchy of value where others try to be more like those above through followership. Creatives however are fundamentally alone even in the middle of the crowd. They are trying to be *seen* more than lead.