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NEVER SEND A STUPID TO DO A MACHINE’S JOB
Let’s Explore the Stupidity Matrix, With Stupid Examples
Do you want to know how deep the stupid hole goes?
Understanding stupid people and their actions is tricky, isn’t it? Not anymore, kids! Now we have Cipolla’s stupidity matrix, a surefire way to categorise people based on the impacts their stupid actions have on you, me and, heck, even themselves.
Cipolla’s 5 laws of human stupidity
I already splained you about Italian economic historian Carlo M Cipolla’s five laws of stupidity in Part 1 of my important intellectual essays.
But since I know you’re too lazy to go back and read my first story, here’s a quick recap on the five laws of stupidity, which are the foundations of Cipolla’s stupidity matrix.
- You’re always surrounded by more stupids than you think.
2. You’ll find the same proportion of stupids in all groups of people. Stupidity is an equal-opportunity…