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Stupidity is funny until it morphs into pointless cruelty

Can you read French? If so, this book is a great thesis against the so-called “folie douce”. The central tenet is that there is no such thing as an innocuous stupid belief (“little folly”). Stupidity and superstitions (which go hand in hand) form a spectrum but we have to fight back against all forms, even the presumably benign ones, before they lead to tremendously harmful outcomes.

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Can you read French? If so, this book is a great thesis against the so-called “folie douce”. The central tenet is that there is no such thing as an innocuous stupid belief (“little folly”). Stupidity and superstitions (which go hand in hand) form a spectrum but we have to fight back against all forms, even the presumably benign ones, before they lead to tremendously harmful outcomes.

https://www.librest.com/livres/il-n-y-a-pas-de-folies-douces-alain-cuniot_0-291564_9782915312058.html

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Idk Joffrey on GoT was arguably even funnier once his behavior morphed into pointless cruelty

"Never ascribe to malice that which may well be explained by stupidity"

(с) Viktor Pelevin