BOOK REVIEW - CARLO M. CIPOLLA's The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
PC: Book Cover I didn't have the slightest of inkling that Economics and satire could co-exist. PC: Canva Until I understood the graphs (yes, there are graphs), I was engulfed by the ominous existential crisis. And to couple that, there are laws which are called basic. PC: juliastamman.com Somebody must be pranking me because it says, it does not matter who you are. To top this all, this book was suggested to me by my sister. Hello! What is happening? PC: Canva The author begins by saying that the root cause of all miseries the world has, even at individual level, is stupidity. What drives the concept of this fact, lies in the form of some basic laws as pointed out in the book in the simplest of forms. PC: Etsy.com It does not matter how intelligent and intellectual one is. Stupidity is the hallmark. It is also very unexpected. Author daringly opines that everyone is not equal and that difference of who is stupid and who ...