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the vast majority of is are in social bubbles our entire live where we are mostly around people who are mostly like us.
and it's jarring and scary and painful when we are around people who aren't like us. and won't like you either.
and yeah, most aspects of ourselves, like intelligent or health, are deeply died to our social strata. sure, people do fall and rise, but it's not that common, especially anymore.
I'm someone who got to spend time in a few different bubbles in my lifetime, and sometimes that 'exposure' really did not benefit me in any way and I think I might have been better off had I not had it. at least, life would have been simpler/easier.
Don't get me wrong, there are lots of bubbles that I want no part of. But it would be nice if I felt like I knew some people who were dramatically smarter than myself. I've been able to help other people with problems. And they thank me and tell me how nice it is to be able to go to me and get help. But honestly, I don't have many people like that myself. I guess even if I did, then all that would happen is they would just solve my problems... And then I would be up at their level and have whatever their level of problems are. ๐ง I'm talking purely about intelligence here, not like "social level" (ew), to be clear