&gt; Yet I&#x27;m unemployed, 30 year old, and can&#x27;t manage to get hired or to do work that is given to me.<p>IQ and that kind of intelligence is only really a predictor of how quickly you are capable of learning. Unfortunately, it means very little regarding motivation, ambition, or any of the other traits generally associated with being successful. It&#x27;s difficult to derive success entirely from pure intelligence, especially with cognitive biases humans are prone to accumulate through experience as they mature.<p>Most people would say that&#x27;s why we have society: to prevent misapplied potential in various areas, and to competently leverage mental resources such that everyone can benefit. But people, being imperfect, fuck it up along the way, so we all have our cross to bear, and society becomes shaped by its malignancies.<p>Talk to any cultural anthropologist. :)