The Intelligence Trap: Revolutionise your Thinking and Make Wiser Decisions

Besides cognitive reflection, other important characteristics that can protect us from the intelligence trap include intellectual humility, actively open-minded thinking, curiosity, refined emotional awareness and a growth mindset.

His conclusion is something of a paradox: he is wise precisely because he recognised the limits of his own knowledge.

of ‘grit’, which she defines as our ‘perseverance and passion for long-term goals’, and she has repeatedly shown that her measures of grit can often predict achievement better than IQ.

to protect us from those errors?

Why do smart people act stupidly? What skills and dispositions are they missing that can explain these mistakes? And how can we cultivate those qualities

When writing The Intelligence Trap, I’ve restricted myself to three particular questions. Why do smart people act stupidly? What skills and dispositions are they missing that can explain these mistakes? And how can we cultivate those qualities to protect us from those errors?