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Intelligence that remembers to also read the room.
means The quality of having sharp judgment and shrewd perception, especially about people and situations.
from From Latin 'astutus' (cunning, crafty), rooted in 'astus' meaning cunning or craft, possibly connected to 'astu' — a Greek-derived word for city — since city-dwellers were stereotyped as sharper and more cunning than their country cousins. English borrowed it through French in the sense of clever shrewdness, gradually softening its edge from 'crafty trickster' toward today's more respectable 'perceptive and wise.'
- root
- from latin astus, meaning craft or cunning
- not just smart
- requires noticing what others miss
- key trait
- patience to wait before showing you know
- misread as
- often mistaken for luck by the oblivious