Stupid
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Is Stupidity the New Pandemic?
By Cherry Hughs I fear it may be so. We use the term ‘stupid’ so glibly and without understanding the true danger inherent within. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, an academic and theologian, wrote about the theory of stupidity in his book ‘After ten years’ written in 1942. This text was an analysis of the state of mind…
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Generation Stupid
By Harry Hopkins Does understanding stupidity better give us an idea how to combat it? Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than evil,’ said the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was hanged in Flossenbürg concentration camp in April 1945. His words reflected the bloody experience of a man dedicated to resisting Nazi…