A terrible thing about society today is our diminishing ability for self-reflection (which is a form of emotional intelligence). Most of the stuff we do as indi

A terrible thing about society today is our diminishing ability for self-reflection (which is a form of emotional intelligence). Most of the stuff we do as individuals is driven by marketing and social pressure - So much so that many of us have become oblivious to our true internal needs. Maybe that's why so many people go to psychologists nowadays. In the past, people put more value on self-reflection, philosophical thinking and other types of emotional intelligence (e.g. wisdom) over raw I.Q.