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How Not To Be Stupid
- Author
- Igor Sibaldi
- Narrator
- John Sackville
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 16 July 2026
- Run Time
- 3 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The international bestseller.
‘A clear, provocative guide to thinking more freely‘ – Christine Gross-Loh, bestselling author of The Path
Stop living on autopilot and take back control of your own mind.
We are surrounded by stupidity. Yet we rarely ask what it really means or where it comes from. If we can identify that someone else is stupid, there’s a good chance that we are not. That’s enough for most people.
In this provocative exploration of human behaviour, philosopher and bestselling author Igor Sibaldi argues that stupidity is not a lack of intelligence, but an inability to look beyond social norms and think for ourselves. Through twelve core areas of the human experience – including communication, wealth and overcoming fears – he uses wit and irony to help you arm yourself against stupidity, challenge your biases and turn obstacles into opportunities.
Examining some of the most influential ideas from psychology, theology and history in engaging, bitesize chapters, this is an essential toolkit for navigating the chaos of modern life.
Critics Review
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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
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Read this deeply unconventional book and you will start to get unstuck
Dana Mackenzie, co-author of The Book of Why
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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
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Details
- Author
- Igor Sibaldi
- Narrator
- John Sackville
- Duration
- 3 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 July 2026
- ISBN
- 9781035094998
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Popular psychology, Popular philosophy: Meaning of life / finding sense in life, Philosophy
Synopsis
The international bestseller.‘A clear, provocative guide to thinking more freely‘ – Christine Gross-Loh, bestselling author of The PathStop living on autopilot and take back control of your own mind.We are surrounded by stupidity. Yet we rarely ask what it really means or where it comes from. If we can identify that someone else is stupid, there’s a good chance that we are not. That’s enough for most people.In this provocative exploration of human behaviour, philosopher and bestselling author Igor Sibaldi argues that stupidity is not a lack of intelligence, but an inability to look beyond social norms and think for ourselves. Through twelve core areas of the human experience – including communication, wealth and overcoming fears – he uses wit and irony to help you arm yourself against stupidity, challenge your biases and turn obstacles into opportunities.Examining some of the most influential ideas from psychology, theology and history in engaging, bitesize chapters, this is an essential toolkit for navigating the chaos of modern life.
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