A culture that allows the concept of “safety” to creep so far that it equates emotional discomfort with physical danger is a culture that encourages people to systematically protect one another from the very experiences embedded in daily life that they need in order to become strong and healthy
Stupidity is the cost of intelligence operating in a complex environment. I defined stupidity as overlooking or dismissing conspicuously crucial information.
Two domains engineer stupidity: One is benign: magic. The magician misdirects your attention. The whole goal of the magician is to make you stupid, to not notice something you should have. The o... See more