Fortune quoted a study titled "A Stupidity-Based Theory of Organizations" which claims when an organization has too many smart people they tend to argue among themselves about who has the best ideas and actually get less done because they can't decide on a course of action.
Stupidity on the other hand has a unifying effect....it boosted productivity. People content in an atmosphere of functional stupidity came to a consensus more easily and had greater "roll-up-our-sleeves" enthusiasm to get the job done.
Well, anyone who knows me knows I live in an atmosphere of functional stupidity. Much of it comes from me, but I have no shortage of stupid friends, too. According to this theory I shouldn't just HAVE an iPhone, I should OWN Apple. All of it....mine!
Uber-smart people get bored with work easily and lose interest. Stupid people who have had to work hard all their lives to get just the simplest chore done know the value of diligence. Imagine learning to tie your shoes: The smart kids picked it up easily, the stupid ones invented Velcro.
And look at NASA....they spent years and millions of dollars to invent a pen that could write upside down and in zero-gravity. The Rooskies just used a pencil. OK, bad example.
Speaking of rocket scientists, look at the Duck Dynasty boyz:
They AREN'T. But they ARE rich!
So carrying this analogy through to its logical conclusion, these are without doubt the SMARTEST people in the country world universe:
We need you Alfred E. Neuman! ;)
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