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A kind idiot probably isn't of much use to society
by ryanmonroe 11y ago
A kind idiot probably isn't of much use to society
- WalterSear 11y agoWhereas unkind people are actively detrimental to society.
- scrollaway 11y agoNeither is a smart asshole. How useful to society are those who try to leech money off it in the most efficient ways possible? (I'm talking charlatans and certain branches of banking)
- ckaygusu 11y agoSticking to the context, a smart person with ill intentions may damage the society. For a reference "smartness", assuming being kind or misogynistic is equally likely, the expected worth of a person is still zero, i.e. "isn't of much use to society".
- oh_sigh 11y agoSure they are. They won't be inventing new devices or running successful businesses, but they will probably enrich the lives of anyone in their social circle