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Stupidity is not so much lack of intelligence as failure of intelligence

Here we are in the 21 st century, we can launch and catch rockets descending from the sky, we have instant communication systems, we can buy and sell goods globally with a click on our incredibly powered personal computers, our money is transferred in nanoseconds, our medical advancements are helping to cure diseases, we have self-driving taxis that have covered millions of miles. He considered the lack of inner independance not a matter of IQ or innate cleverness, but rather a failure of character, an inability to resist the tides of collective behavior that suppress dissent and erode the foundation of moral action. The simplicity of his model may overlook factors like context, power dynamics, and the role of ignorance versus willful disregard, which can all contribute to actions that appear 'stupid' but have deeper underlying causes, e.g. Bonhoeffer’s thoughts on stupidity.

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