
294 The Five Laws Of Stupidity
The Voluntary Life
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Law Number Four of Defining Stupidity
i'v put a graphic in the show notes so you can see how different people behave. In top right hand corner are intelligent people who benefit themselves and others. Then in bottom right hand corner is bandits, who benefit themselves but cause losses to others. And then in the top left you have the helpless or hapless people, who benefit others but not themselves. The bottom left quadrant has the stupid people, who harm others and harm themselves. That's what stupid behaviour is. So sipola argues that everyo underestimates just how dangerous stupid people are. Intelligent people underestimate it, but so do bandits, and so do helpless people.
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