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Is the world getting more stupid? This guide is written for anyone who feels that there is too much stupidity around us. It also explains why, in spite of massive technological advances to make us act 'smarter', the opposite seems to happen. While there are many books highlighting many different aspects of the absurdities of modern life, this is perhaps a first in providing practical help to do something about it. Whether you want to support 'Stupid Aid - to make stupid history', or just want to boost your flexible thinking, creativity and opportunity spotting skills, this is essential survival guide.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Andy Green is the master of seeing things from a different angle. He points out the obvious, which before your eyes had glanced over the page, had been totally obscured from your consciousness.
This book will make you go 'Oh yeah, that's such a good point' on a regular basis and then you can't help but sit back and start to reassess your own decisions or approach to different situations. If you don't, then you are probably the subject on which the book is based... ;-)
This book will make you go 'Oh yeah, that's such a good point' on a regular basis and then you can't help but sit back and start to reassess your own decisions or approach to different situations. If you don't, then you are probably the subject on which the book is based... ;-)
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Andy Green has come up with a brilliant diagnosis as to why stupid things happen in the world and gives us tools to help us rise above them. Delivered in bite=sized chunks with lashings of humour, this book should be read by anyone whose jaw has dropped at the latest Health and Safety lunacy, and especially by those who run our institutions and who therefore attempt to run our lives. The paradox of intelligent people doing stupid things in our name is now endemic - this book is a salvo in the first skirmish of the fightback!
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When I began to read the book I was slightly puzzled as a lot of the things Andy talks about seem obvious. However, as the book progressed I found I was being drawn in and I began to laugh a lot at the scenarios he describes and realised I have been in exactly the same situations many times. Most of my friends and family have suffered 'corporate stupidity' and it amazes me that businesses still go on making the same fundamental errors in the way that they deal with their customers. I also realised that I am guilty of some of the issues Andy raises, particularly when it comes to grabbing the easiest solutions and not thinking 'outside the box'. My own prejudices and narrow thinking tend to lead me to not spot oppotunities when they are, as Andy puts it, no more than 12 feet away!
I give a definite 'thumbs up' to the book. I like the layout and the order in which Andy presents his ideas and scenarios and the language he uses. It ought to be on the national curriculum (is it?).
Thanks Andy. I find myself dipping into the book from time to time, to remind myself that it 'isn't just me'!
I give a definite 'thumbs up' to the book. I like the layout and the order in which Andy presents his ideas and scenarios and the language he uses. It ought to be on the national curriculum (is it?).
Thanks Andy. I find myself dipping into the book from time to time, to remind myself that it 'isn't just me'!
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