Is there a limit to how smart individuals and communities can be?

Question: Is there a limit to how smart individuals and communities can be?
- Keywords:
  individual,
  intelligence,
  limit
Asked by anon-225913 to Sameed, Jose, joannabarstow, Heidi, Freya, Chris on 22 Nov 2019.
- Freya Addison answered on 22 Nov 2019:
  
  This is not my field. There is a certain cyclicity in society but I don’t think there is a hard limit on how smart individuals and communities can be. It is an interesting question though. What are your thoughts?

Question: Is there a limit to how smart individuals and communities can be?