The Universal Stupidity Matrix: A Field Guide to Human Miscalculation

The Universal Stupidity Matrix A Field Guide to Human Miscalculation Humanity has spent centuries trying to measure the great forces of civilization—wealth, power, productivity, intelligence. But we've ignored the one resource we produce in infinite quantities and renewable cycles: stupidity. The Universal Stupidity Matrix finally corrects this oversight. In this sharp, funny, and unsettling field guide, we introduce the world's first framework for identifying, classifying, and quantifying human miscalculation. From governments that require three committees to approve a paperclip purchase, to voters who passionately support policies they don't understand, to corporations that invent problems just to sell solutions—this book maps the glorious spectrum of modern folly. Armed with our metric, future archaeologists will finally be able to examine our era with scientific precision: Why did people panic-buy toilet paper? Why did policymakers proudly break the laws of economics? Why did investors chase fads with the enthusiasm of caffeinated lemmings? With humour, insight, and just enough discomfort to feel truthful, The Universal Stupidity Matrix shows that stupidity isn't an accident—it's a pattern. And now, for the first time, we can measure it, categorize it, and maybe even learn from it… though probably not.