Depends on what we call super-dumb—or what where we draw the system borders of “society”. I include the special interest groups as part of our society; and are the small wheel in it gearing us towards the ‘dumb’ outcome in the aggregate. But yes, the problem is simply not trivial, smart/dumb is too relative, so my term was not useful (just expressing my frustration with our policies & thinking, that your nice post reminded me of)
Depends on what we call super-dumb—or what where we draw the system borders of “society”. I include the special interest groups as part of our society; and are the small wheel in it gearing us towards the ‘dumb’ outcome in the aggregate. But yes, the problem is simply not trivial, smart/dumb is too relative, so my term was not useful (just expressing my frustration with our policies & thinking, that your nice post reminded me of)