Varieties of Intelligence

Individual
          IQ, musical, math and logical, physical, emotional, erotic

Collective (informal and formal)
          Strategic intelligence (e.g. CIA)
          Business (competitive) intelligence

Some Generic Features of Intelligence

Perceives environment (in fact, only makes sense in an environmental context)

Seeks information

Makes -- and tests -- hypotheses

Forms -- and modifies -- mental model(s) (interpretation and learning)

Stores information for retrieval and use

Communicates

Makes decisions

Uses metacognition (evaluates and changes own processes)

Hypothesis: A type of collective intelligence that focuses on important issues of civil society can be construed. Indeed it already exists!