Intelligence is multidimensional. You can be a great mental calculator and at the same time have a very hard time memorizing random data, or learning new langua

Intelligence is multidimensional. You can be a great mental calculator and at the same time have a very hard time memorizing random data, or learning new languages. The capacity to be happy, or to become happy, involves several of those dimensions. Which dimensions exactly, depend on your circumstances. One I think is important for everyone is not about being “aware of the state of the world”, like the OP says. On the contrary, it’s self-awareness: knowing what’s going on inside your own head.