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"Intelligence is what allows us to create forms of governance, cure disease, create art and music, di..." — Bryan Johnson
Intelligence is what allows us to create forms of governance, cure disease, create art and music, discover, dream and love. Intelligence is also what decides that these things, rather than other things, are worth doing, by translating discoveries into meanings, experiences into values and values into decisions.
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