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silvio on March 21, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: SendGrid has terminated the employment of Adria Ri...

"A stupid person is a person who caused losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses."

http://www.ecotopia.com/webpress/stupidity/

Radim on March 21, 2013 [–]

but who decides what is a "loss" and what is a "gain"?

as an individual, you may be able to tell the balance on your death bed, finally and irrevocably.

as a society, the show always goes on.

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