the basic laws of human stupidity by carlo m cipolla

Cipolla adds a corollary to the fifth law: a stupid person is thus more dangerous than a bandit. They constantly forget that at any moment, and in any circumstance, associating with stupid people invariably constitutes an expensive mistake.Ī stupid person is the most dangerous person in existence. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid people. The probability of a person being stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.Ī stupid person is someone who causes damage to another person, or a group of people, without any advantage accruing to himself (or herself) - or even with some resultant self-damage. Cipolla, Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Foreword) 3. Cipolla illustrations by James Donnelly THE FIRST BASIC LAW The first basic law of human stupidity asserts without ambiguity that: Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.

the underestimation is after the first law itself is already accounted for. The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity Carlo M. THE BASIC LAWS OF HUMAN STUPIDITY by Carlo M.

day after day we are hampered in whatever we do by stupid people who invariably turn up in the least appropriate places, and.

A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person while deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses themselves. The probability that a certain person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person. people we had thought to be rational and intelligent suddenly turn out to be unquestionably stupid Everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals among us.We always underestimate the number of stupid people. There is no upper bound on the amount of stupidity that can exist within any particular individual.

The basic laws of human stupidity by carlo m cipolla