“ Human beings have a high level of intelligence but have no training, no social situation where you're being taught how to use this intelligence, your own intelligence is turning against you. When your intelligence turns against you it looks so hopeless as if there is simply no way out of it, that is what leads to people committing suicide ”
Source: Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=235gIzWOkrM (paraphrased)
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