> It indicates that building a community not prone to self-destructive conflicts over bruised egos is a hard task even if its individual members are smart peopl

> It indicates that building a community not prone to self-destructive conflicts over bruised egos is a hard task even if its individual members are smart people. My prior is that if anything, self-destructive conflicts over bruised egos are more likely if the individual members are smart people. At least for certain values of "smart".