The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~leeey/stupidity/basic.htm
THE BASIC LAWS OF HUMAN STUPIDITY
by Carlo M. Cipolla
illustrations by James Donnelly
The first basic law of ...
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