Reading through 350+ pages on stupidity… On the psychology of stupidity to be precise. A few things have become clear.

I have been stupid way more times that I will publicly accept. And everyone I have known has been stupid in atleast on one occassion. They might not accept but I have felt so. And that is ok in my opinion. It is nothing to hide or be ashamed of.

Stupidity can take so many forms from being so naive and benign to extremely harmful and painful for others. Especially when a stupid idea gets propagated by the millions. Or when an idea is packaged in stupidity for the masses.

There is an individual stupidity that we can agree, disagree, reject or acknowledge. But there is also a mass stupidity that we have no control over and have to live with.

I did not read the book to get rid of my stupidity, but to be more tolerant towards it. Not just the stupidity that I come across in others but also to forgive myself of my own stupidity.

The book is by Jean Francois Marmion and presents itself as explained by some very interesting people like Daniel Kahneman, Ryan Holiday, Dan Ariely, Emmanuelle Piquet, Alison Gopnik and many more.

I bought it when I missed my flight at Heathrow. No I was not stupid… I was just late or someone was late.

Maybe I was stupid. I need to give at least a 3 hour layover between connecting flights. I was stupid to save a few dollars.

But I ended up spending $$ on 4 books. Will tell you more when I finish others.

Regards 🥰
Vinod !