The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Carlo M. CipollaMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is one of the craziest and most interesting pieces of nonfiction I've read so far. I've always been interested in psychology in all its forms but most precisely in the fields of mental illnesses and behavioural economics.
I've read and studied a lot of the latter via Coursera with the amazing course on Irrational Behaviour taught by Dan Ariely. This book by Carlo M. Cipolla is the closest second best I've come across in the field of behavioural psychology.
The fact that there are LAWS for HUMAN STUPIDITY is so very wild but once you get into it it's so common sense that you start thinking why you did not come up with this yourself. It's everything you see and people you meet every day analysed in such a microscopic way with the simple notion of defining some people as STUPID.
This should count as mandatory reading for people in politics mostly but it can be applied to your neighbour as well.
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