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Human Characteristics
Stupidity
Video ... The Five Laws Of Stupidity
Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O9FFrLpinQ
Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
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Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O9FFrLpinQ Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess | |||||||||
| The Five Laws Of Stupidity Aug 23, 2017 705,080 views tvlpodcast 19.3K subscribers 'Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places and under any circumstances to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake.' Carlo Cipolla In the 1970s, an economic historian called Carlo Cipolla wrote a provocative article titled 'The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity'. This week's episode is about his theory of the destructiveness of stupid behaviour and why it is so underestimated and misunderstood. Show Notes: The Basic Laws Of Human Stupidity by Carlo M. Cipolla The Five Universal Laws Of Stupidity by Corrine Purtill | |||||||||