How Not To Be Stupid
The Transformative Power of Independent Thinking
$24.00
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2026
Summary
From bestselling author and speaker, Igor Sibaldi, this is a new approach to understanding stupidity—why it seems to be all around us and how it gets in our way.
Why do world leaders repeat the mistakes of the past? How does a strong team end up making an obviously poor decision? Why does it sometimes feel like our phones are making us dumber?
In an overwhelming and chaotic world, we tend to attribute such behaviour to human stupidity, without thinking about what it really mea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035094974 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035094975 |
| Author: | Igor Sibaldi |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 148g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 138mm x 203mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
A clear, provocative guide to thinking more freely, How Not to Be Stupid explores the myriad ways we can get stuck without realizing it – through fear, habits, language and conformity – and offers instead a path to curiosity, clarity and liberation – Christine Gross-Loh, bestselling author of The Path
Read this deeply unconventional book and you will start to get unstuck – Dana Mackenzie, co-author of The Book of Why
Sibaldi shows that stupidity is not the opposite of intelligence – it’s the opposite of freedom. His twelve ‘functions’ map the hidden ways we get stuck: in borrowed words, borrowed authority, borrowed desires. This book is a quiet provocation disguised as a self-help guide, and it deserves a wide readership – Luke Burgis, author of Wanting
Igor Sibaldi
Igor Sibaldi is an author, philosopher, translator, theologian, and speaker. He has written several bestselling books in Italian and has translated numerous classical works. Since 1997, he has held and spoken at over 1,000 conferences and lectures. How Not To Be Stupid is his first book translated into English.
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