The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

基本信息

Edited by：Carlo M. Cipolla

Publisher：Doubleday Books

Published：06 Apr 2021

Language：English

Format Hardback：96 pages

ISBN10：0385546475

ISBN13：9780385546478

Weight：567 g

Dimensions：114 x 159 x 13（mm）

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

一本杰作——纳西姆·尼古拉斯·塔勒布，《黑天鹅》的作者

历史上，有一种强大的力量阻碍了人类福祉和幸福的发展。它比黑手党或军队更强大。它具有全球性的灾难性影响，从世界上最有影响力的董事会会议室到你当地的酒吧，随处可见。这是人类的愚蠢。加州大学伯克利分校(UC Berkeley)著名的经济史教授卡洛·m·奇波拉(Carlo M. Cipolla)创作了这本至关重要的书，目的是发现并化解它的威胁。既搞笑又严肃，它会让你更好地面对政治现实、不讲道理的同事，或者你和姻亲的下一次晚餐。法律:1。每个人都低估了我们当中愚蠢的人的数量。

2. 一个人是否愚蠢的可能性与这个人的其他特征无关。

3.一个愚蠢的人会给别人造成损失，而自己却没有得到任何好处，甚至可能招致损失。

4. 不愚蠢的人总是低估愚蠢个体的破坏性。

5. 愚蠢的人是最危险的一类人。

A masterly book --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan

A classic --Simon Kuper, Financial Times An economist explains five laws that confirm our worst fears: stupid people can and do rule the world Throughout history, a powerful force has hindered the growth of human welfare and happiness. It is more powerful than the Mafia or the military. It has global catastrophic effects and can be found anywhere from the world's most powerful boardrooms to your local bar. It is human stupidity. Carlo M. Cipolla, noted professor of economic history at the UC Berkeley, created this vitally important book in order to detect and neutralize its threat. Both hilarious and dead serious, it will leave you better equipped to confront political realities, unreasonable colleagues, or your next dinner with your in-laws. The Laws: 1. Everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals among us.

2. The probability that a certain person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.

3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person while deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses themselves.

4. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals.

5. A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person.

作者简介

CARLO M. CIPOLLA(1922-2000)，意大利经济历史学家，富布赖特学者，加州大学伯克利分校教授。希波拉1995年被授予国际巴尔赞经济史奖，并在意大利和瑞士获得荣誉学位。他的经典著作《人类愚蠢的基本定律》于1988年首次出版，并已被译成十多种语言。最初是用英文写的，这是它第一次在美国出版。

CARLO M. CIPOLLA (1922-2000) was an Italian economic historian, Fulbright Fellow and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Cipolla was awarded the International Balzan Prize for Economic History in 1995 and held honorary degrees in Italy and Switzerland. His classic treatise The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity was first published in 1988 and has been published in more than ten languages. Originally written in English, this is the first time it's being published in the US.