Pop culture may have fooled us into believing that smartness or intelligence comes in a fast, sharp and suave package. Here are three insights to broaden that perspective. People often picture ...

People often picture intelligence as mental efficiency. We tend to imagine a smart person as someone who responds quickly, has strong opinions, and sees things clearly. However, highly intelligent ...

Smart people understand that there's a difference between what's healthy and what society values or expects. That means the truly intelligent understand when to buck the trend and do what's best for ...

Smart minds weigh more variables, consider more outcomes and carry heavier cognitive loads. Here’s how decision fatigue becomes a natural byproduct of deeper thinking. Indecisiveness is often equated ...

Americans are becoming increasingly convinced that artificial intelligence is actually thinking like humans do. This flies in the face of all we know about its inner workings: AI can’t think, doesn’t ...

Intelligence is a powerful tool. But it’s also a trap. Sometimes the bad decisions that sink great companies or end good marriages come from thinking very hard—in the wrong direction, with total ...

Do you know what it means to be smart? It's a more complicated question than it may seem. There are several ways to think about intelligence—as the well-known "book-vs.-street smart" binary ...

People often picture intelligence as mental efficiency. We tend to imagine a smart person as someone who responds quickly, has strong opinions, and sees things clearly. However, highly intelligent ...