Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf]
Warning! &#x2F;r&#x2F;iamverysmart post ahead! I normally wouldn&#x27;t engage in this, as it&#x27;s extremely poor manners and terribly arrogant, but it&#x27;s on topic here and I think other potential &#x2F;r&#x2F;iamverysmart posters might benefit, so here goes:<p>One of the problems of being intelligent is learning how to tolerate and accept boredom.  I used to rebel against being bored and being ahead of the class.  I would think: &quot;this is all so easy and why isn&#x27;t anybody interested in anything interesting?&quot;<p>Once I learned that dealing with boredom is basically the price you pay for fitting in things improved a lot.  I deal with a lot of friendships that are profoundly boring just so I can have people to talk to and socially interact with.  I don&#x27;t complain. I don&#x27;t patronize. I just go through the motions so I can cargo cult my way to a social life.  I lowered my expectations on everything and everybody to absolutely nothing and it works great.<p>I overhear other people&#x27;s conversations and I think to myself: &quot;how can these people even put up with that level of conversation?.  They must be pretending to be entertained!&quot;  Then I remember all about the boring world out there where people go about their daily lives talking all day about boring stuff.<p>After all this boring interaction I&#x27;ll occasionally go to a Deep Learning study group and we&#x27;ll read the latest paper.  Very smart people will analyze the paper and leave me a little disconcerted that there are people that I can engage with intellectually and be challenged and entertained by in a sincere way.  Anyway, that&#x27;s just my two cents about the world for the disgruntled &#x2F;r&#x2F;iamverysmart crowd out there, whether you actually are or not. :)