Only in the Age of Stupid can NGOs like CEO push regulators to impose the precautionary principle on cooked food if we can’t prove it is not carcinogenic.
Category: Stupid
Hail to the Tweet: Tribalism and America’s First Social Media President
Trump took advantage of social media to create a view of the world that could be sold to a large audience. As we drift deeper into the Age of Stupid, we need to quickly adapt to this communications technology.
How to Deal with Stupid Part 3/10: Eco-fundamentalism: The rise of environmental dogma
Site update reblog from last December into how eco-fundamentalism has grown into a full religion. We often see how environmental zealots use emotion to spread fear.
How to Deal with Stupid: Part 2/10 – Social Media: How stupid gets its wings
The Age of Stupid has grown from social media, with anecodotes from non-experts repeated and reinforced, creating trust (and opportunity) among the vulnerable.
An Apology to my Great Grandchildren
After the Precautionary Purge and the ReReasonabilisation, we still leave our great grandchildren with a famished world. Time for an apology.
How to Deal with Stupid: Part 1/10 – Defining Stupid
Stupid is growing today via social media fear campaigns. How can we deal with it? Step 1: Define it
The Risk-Monger 