Emotional intelligence in practice

It was tragic, all right, but George and Hazel couldn't think about it very hard. Hazel had a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think about anything except in short bursts. And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.

No doubt, sulking populists in every era stay mean as weasels because they despise any form of superior intelligence except shrewdness.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.