Ask HN: Higher IQ? What are your hacks for assimilating?

There was another NH thread:

"People with unusually high IQ, why are you still unsuccessful?"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20722716

That links to:

https://www.quora.com/People-with-unusually-high-IQs-why-are-you-still-unsuccessful/answer/Susanna-Viljanen

It's a great, thorough and helpful answer. Understanding helps (e.g., alone in a crowd). But now what? How do you assimilate without selling out and dumbing yourself down?

For example, when I was younger I never read the sports page. I couldn't be bothered; until I realized such info gave me common ground with others, other I would normally effectively ignore.

But the struggle is real. It continues. What are your life hacks (?) for being more accessible and less island-y?