Ask HN: How can I improve my intelligence?
Acuity can be improved with more work on focus.<p>Memory can be improved with exercise and various aids, some of which help you pack more into working memory, while others get your data to be close at hand.<p>I submit your intelligence is what it is.<p>What this all comes down to is work.  While there may be a ceiling for all of us, defined by inability to grok no matter how much work is done, the fact is below that point work has real, tangible benefits.<p>You can improve your wisdom dramatically too.  Processing either your own experience, or that which others share, can give you seriously potent mental tools, rules of thumb, contexts to reason with.<p>Think of wisdom like you do tools.  It is a labor output multiplier.  In our youth, we are rarely wise, but we also are white hot nimble.  When we are old, we have a body of experience to draw on.<p>Wise people make more with fewer moves, generally see lower risks and costs and can often gain the benefit of time.  That is time for the work needed to be relevant, vital.<p>All these things combined can really add up.  I have changed careers a few times and take these things very seriously each time.<p>It pays off.<p>Whatever intelligence we have is likely to be enough, unless our goals are severely misaligned with our basic nature.  In my experience, this is rare given one gets to hard work and sets clear priorities.<p>And that is the last thing.  We lose a little of that youthful nimble mind as we age.  It does not go away, but it does require priority to manifest and serve the function you need it for.<p>When you perform these works, make them count.  Be present and give yourself time to play, explore, shake off inhibition.<p>Trust you will get there.