Stupidity

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Stupidity: Our biggest threat? https://onepercentrule.substack.com/p/stupidity-our-biggest-threat Stupidity is not so much lack of Intelligence as failure of intelligence

• Here we are in the 21st century, we can launch and catch rockets descending from the sky, we have instant communication systems, we can buy and sell goods globally with a click on our incredibly powered personal computers, our money is transferred in nanoseconds, our medical advancements are helping to cure diseases, we have self-driving taxis that have covered millions of miles.
• Yet, we still have a myriad of shortcomings and imperfections, especially around choices and decision making, systematically across governments, institutions, business and personal.
• The crux lies in the quality of these decisions: are they optimal and aligned with human aspirations, the laws of nature, and societal norms? If they are, we can deem them wise; if not, they fall into the category of “stupidity”.
• Locked away in a Nazi prison cell, theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer managed to write a short article on the true enemies of humanity. His conclusion was unnervingly direct: "Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice."
• people do not just lack understanding; they lack the will to understand. They become "mindless tools" in the hands of those in power, stripped of what Bonhoeffer called "Inner Independence."

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