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Bonhoeffer's three conditions for stupidity — and why they matter today
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Bonhoeffer's three conditions for stupidity — and why they matter today

Philosopher Jonny Thomson draws on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's three conditions for the kind of stupidity that destroys societies: outsourcing thinking to an authority, wilful ignorance, and conformity. He maps each condition onto today's world — AI answering our moral questions, political parties enforcing loyalty over personal conviction. Thomson argues that conscious, independent thinking is the essential antidote.

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