Synopsis
From bestselling author and speaker, Igor Sibaldi, this is a radical new approach to understanding stupidity.
We are surrounded by stupidity. Yet we rarely ask what it really means or where it comes from. If we can identify that someone else is stupid, there’s a good chance that we are not. That’s enough for most people.
In this provocative exploration of human behaviour, philosopher and bestselling author Igor Sibaldi argues that stupidity is not a lack of intelligence, but an inability to look beyond social norms and think for ourselves. He examines twelve core spheres of life – including everyday communication, wealth, work and setting goals – and uses wit and irony to help you arm yourself against stupidity in each.
An essential toolkit if you’re tired of living on autopilot, How Not To Be Stupid delves into how psychology, religion, history and culture influence your perception of yourself and your place in society.
Challenge your biases, turn obstacles into opportunities and take back control.
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A clear, provocative guide to thinking more freely, How Not to Be Stupid explores the myriad ways we can get stuck without realizing it – through fear, habits, language and conformity – and offers instead a path to curiosity, clarity and liberation
Read this deeply unconventional book and you will start to get unstuck
Sibaldi shows that stupidity is not the opposite of intelligence – it's the opposite of freedom. His twelve 'functions' map the hidden ways we get stuck: in borrowed words, borrowed authority, borrowed desires. This book is a quiet provocation disguised as a self-help guide, and it deserves a wide readership
