The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
May 29th, 2006
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity, by Carlo M. Cipolla. An interesting essay.
“It is not difficult to understand how social, political and institutional power enhances the damaging potential of a stupid person. But one still has to explain and understand what essentially it is that makes a stupid person dangerous to other people – in other words what constitutes the power of stupidity.”