May 3, 2023
That's presupposes what intelligence is.
The problem with bright ideas is when the blowback occurs, but the problem with humanity is that we haven't come to terms with being linear, goal oriented creatures in a cyclical, circular, reciprocal, feedback generated reality. So we always go overboard.
The next stage of intelligence with be coming to terms with that. Here is my most recent essay and it sort of goes into it;
https://medium.com/@johnbrodixmerrymanjr/a-pre-mortem-of-western-civ-4795193e8241