If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy? - Naval  ## Metadata - Author: **Naval** - Full Title: If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy? - Category: #podcasts - URL: https://share.snipd.com/episode/eae78222-d555-454a-8870-bc13153b3f32 ## Highlights - Generally, the more intelligent you are, the more you can see behind the facade of everyday life being easy or safe. You can see all the risks and the down sides of the calamities that await us. ([Time 0:00:22](https://share.snipd.com/snip/9a03dbac-f6e2-44de-ab34-4fc4bd4ca56e)) - Tags: #humans - Why Aren't You Happy? Summary: If you're so smart, why aren't you happy? I absolutely believe that it's true. The beauty in being mentally high functioning in our society is that you can trade it for almost anything. It turns out the more you dig into certain deep truths, the naturally reer and more peaceful you will become. And that peace will itself lead to happiness. Transcript: Speaker 1 Very smart people will often communicate in purely cynical observation. It's ok to not want to be happy. But we're going to explore together whether you can increase your happiness level without significantly lowering your drive and without significantly lowering your intellect. So let's take the first one, which is, i'm not happy because i'm smart. Partially true. You are unhappy partly because you know too much. You've been exposed to too much. You under and too much. But that doesn't mean that you can't undo it and retain your intelligence. You're not smart because you're unhappy. So don't get it backwards. But yes, you're unhappy because you're smart. It means that iton to take more work for you to be happy. But the good news is, smart people are good at figuring out the truth. And it turns out the more you dig into certain deep truths, the naturally reer and more peaceful you will become. And that peace will itself lead to happiness. If you're so smart, why aren't you happy? I absolutely believe that it's true. The beauty in being mentally high functioning in our society is that you can trade it for almost anything. ([Time 0:00:46](https://share.snipd.com/snip/a9d67f22-2a2b-421c-ae0a-9b9f5da9ff82)) - Tags: #humans