Excellent french article and excellent discussion. We should add that this
"stupidity" is very actively promoted by educative systems and media ,
unfortunately. So, I think it is more necessary than ever to promote emphatic
reasoning and discusion . Thanks for reminding me.
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De: Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected]>
Para: [email protected]; [email protected];
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Enviado: Viernes 15 de febrero de 2013 16:43
Asunto: [P2P-F] Functional Stupidity
+ french article further below
note : Orange Meme Information System ?
Can be replaced by more optimal Turquoise Meme Information Systems ? ( such as
Anoptic information Systems )
http://www.spiraldynamics-integral.nl/uploads/images/headers/Value_systems.jpg
(cf.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01072.x/abstract) :
In this paper we question the one-sided thesis that contemporary organizations
rely on the mobilization of cognitive capacities. We suggest that severe
restrictions on these capacities in the form of what we call functional
stupidity are an equally important if under-recognized part of organizational
life. Functional stupidity refers to an absence of reflexivity, a refusal to
use intellectual capacities in other than myopic ways, and avoidance of
justifications. We argue that functional stupidity is prevalent in contexts
dominated by economy in persuasion which emphasizes image and symbolic
manipulation. This gives rise to forms of stupidity management that repress or
marginalize doubt and block communicative action. In turn, this structures
individuals' internal conversations in ways that emphasize positive and
coherent narratives and marginalize more negative or ambiguous ones. This can
have productive outcomes such as providing a degree of certainty
for individuals and
organizations. But it can have corrosive consequences such as creating a sense
of dissonance among individuals and the organization as a whole. The positive
consequences can give rise to self-reinforcing stupidity. The negative
consequences can spark dialogue, which may undermine functional stupidity.
Subject: Fwd: La stupidité fonctionnelle - Finance : "fais d'abord, réfléchis
après" ?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Caroline Stiegler
Date: Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 9:44 AM
Subject: La stupidité fonctionnelle
To: [email protected]
Chers adhérents et abonnés,
Nous vous recommandons vivement la lecture de
"La « stupidité fonctionnelle » à l’origine de la crise financière"
article accessible à partir du lien suivant :
http://bigbrowser.blog.lemonde.fr/2013/02/14/la-loi-et-lordre-la-stupidite-fonctionnelle-a-lorigine-de-la-crise-financiere/
et qui est introduit ainsi par le quotidien Le Monde : “Selon une étude
britannique, le monde de la finance serait dicté par l'attitude "fais d'abord,
réfléchis après"”.
Ce qui est ici nommé functionnal stupidity désigne très précisément ce que nous
appelons la bêtise systémique (stupidity se traduit très généralement en
français par bêtise). Voici le résumé en anglais de l’étude publiée par le
Journal of management studies (cf.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01072.x/abstract) :
In this paper we question the one-sided thesis that contemporary organizations
rely on the mobilization of cognitive capacities. We suggest that severe
restrictions on these capacities in the form of what we call functional
stupidity are an equally important if under-recognized part of organizational
life. Functional stupidity refers to an absence of reflexivity, a refusal to
use intellectual capacities in other than myopic ways, and avoidance of
justifications. We argue that functional stupidity is prevalent in contexts
dominated by economy in persuasion which emphasizes image and symbolic
manipulation. This gives rise to forms of stupidity management that repress or
marginalize doubt and block communicative action. In turn, this structures
individuals' internal conversations in ways that emphasize positive and
coherent narratives and marginalize more negative or ambiguous ones. This can
have productive outcomes such as providing a degree of certainty
for individuals and
organizations. But it can have corrosive consequences such as creating a sense
of dissonance among individuals and the organization as a whole. The positive
consequences can give rise to self-reinforcing stupidity. The negative
consequences can spark dialogue, which may undermine functional stupidity.
Bien cordialement,
Caroline Stiegler
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