How to Spot an Idiot -- IL Gov JB Pritzker's commencement speech at Northwestern Last Year

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4. You must have missed the part where JB says,

"Some idiots are very smart. They can dazzle you with words and misdirection. They can get promoted above you at work. They can even be elected president...I'm here to tell you that when someone's path through this world is marked with acts of cruelty, they have failed the first test of an advanced society. They never forced their animal brain to evolve past its first instinct. They never forged new mental pathways to overcome their own instinctual fears. And so, their thinking and problem-solving will lack the imagination and creativity that the kindest people have in spades… Over my many years in politics and business, I have found one thing to be universally true—the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.”