The Power
of Stupidity
by Giancarlo Livraghi
All chapters online
and other parts of the book
The Power of Stupidity
is entirely online
in Google Books
(also
Il
potere della stupidità in Italian)
For readers who prefer to pick and choose
(or anyhow to take them one at a time)
here
are all the chapters
and some related
things
Chapter 1 (pdf)
The
Stupidity Problem
Chapter 2 (pdf)
Stupidity and Biology
Chapter 3 (pdf)
Predictable or Unpredictable
Chapter 4 (pdf)
Murphys Law
Chapter 5 (pdf)
Parkinsons Law
Chapter 6 (pdf)
The Peter Principle
Chapter 7 (pdf)
Cipollas Laws
Chapter 8 (pdf)
The Stupidology Graph
Chapter 9 (pdf)
Three Corollaries
and also
In Memory of Peter Blake
Chapter 10 (pdf)
The
Stupidity of Power
Chapter 11 (pdf)
The
Ways of Power
Chapter 12 (pdf)
The
Stupidity of Bureaucracy
and also
The Scorpion and the Frog
Chapter 13 (pdf)
Stupidity and Ignorance
Chapter 14 (pdf)
Stupidity and Fear
Chapter 15 (pdf)
Stupidity and Habit
Chapter 16 (pdf)
Stupidity and Haste
Chapter 17 (pdf)
Stupidity and Cunning
Chapter 18 (pdf)
The Vicious Circle of Stupidity
Chapter 19 (pdf)
The Stupidity of Technologies
and also
several articles on this subject
Chapter 20 (pdf)
The
Subtle Art of Simplicity
Chapter 21 (pdf)
Problems of Perception
and also
Views of the World
Chapter 22 (pdf)
Idols
and Icons
and also
Metaphors and metamorphoses
Chapters 23 and 24 (pdf)
The Power of Obscurantism
Stupidity and Superstition
Chapter 25 (pdf)
Is Stupidity Growing?
Chapter 26 (pdf)
Stupidity Isnt Harmless
Chapter 27 and more
Quotations
Chapter 28 (pdf)
Embarrassing or Obsessive?
Chapter 29 (pdf)
Errare Humanum
Chapter 30 (pdf)
Antidotes and Prevention
Appendix 1
Browns Job
Appendix 2
Simple Thoughts on Complexity
Also online
Foreword
Introduction Epilogue
Of 23 articles in English (starting in 1996)
one added after the book was published
Is there a definition of stupidity?