I wonder how many different measures we could find for "intelligence". E F. Schumacher in "A guide for the perplexed" considered a hierarchy of being as important, looking at what makes humans different from other animals, and saw "self awareness" as what makes humans unique. Self awareness seems to mean an ability to experience world and self from both an internal and external perspective, and using both subjective and objective awareness helps with self-correction of our biases of perspective, as well as enabling humans to see ourselves as something that can be changed by attention and effort.<br><br>So humans are the most adaptable species because our behavior is not "hard wired", but created through our socialization process.  So this would seem to be suggesting the "nurture" side of humanity is more important than "nature" (and our individual differences). But still, that doesn't tell us how to best raise children to their potential in a complex world, especially given the rate of technical changes we're experiencing now. What knowledge matter? What should be taught at each level of development?<br><br>And once we reach adults, how can we "unlearn" the lower levels of knowledge or put it in a context compared to a larger picture we're capable of recognizing as we reach higher. And what does "higher" mean? Is advanced mathematics higher, or is it philosophical levels, or spiritual levels. And it could be "pure intelligence" while useful for gathering knowledge, may be a hindrance to awareness outside of its own framework. Spiritual people may not be the most intelligence, but they may be more able intuitively to filter out the important points to human-oriented problems. <br><br>I see like with the vastness of drug and alcohol abuse, society is ill-served by a reductive view of humans for their utility, and only rewarding skills in manipulation that expand wealth and power, while neglecting "meaning" which becomes more necessary when there is more material poverty. But its all a matter of what we value. Or like the quote "We don't see the world as it is, we see it as we are." Intelligence is a great gift, but it is not enough. And what do we call the factors that balance it with our humanity?<br><br>Perhaps Iain McGilchrist is closest for me to a search for balance. He sees our two minds, and one is powerful because it allows us to abstraction and replacing the world with our models of the world, and it allows us to fall into not seeing things outside of our limited models. He called the two minds "The Master and His Emissary" in his first book. I suppose this is also related to the idea of a "false self" where we forget who we are, and that's our human vulnerability because of our adaptability.