Last update 4/9/26. Will change as the class progresses.

Session 1: Quadralemma / Categorizing One’s Quality of Thinking‍ ‍Notebook

• Aristotle's Intellectual Virtues: A Baseline for “What is Intelligence?” Deep Dive

• Cipolla's Laws of Stupidity: A taxonomy of harmful behavior‍ ‍Deep Dive

• Learning Google NotebookLM: ‍ Tutorial 1‍ ‍Tutorial 2

• Bohm “On Dialog” ‍ ‍ Review‍ ‍Deep Dive

• Misc: ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ Stupidity Worse Than Malice ‍ ‍Wisdom for Survival

Session 2: Laziness / Errors We Make As Individuals‍ ‍Notebook

• Kahneman's Cognitive Biases: Thinking fast & slow Audio Shaw & Nave: PaperNotebook

• Munger's Psychology of Misjudgment: Mental models and decision errors Audio

• K & M Combos: Debate‍ ‍Wisdom‍ ‍Synthesis w/ BohmVideo‍ ‍DeckSynthesis w/ Bohm

Session 3: Group Think / Errors We Make When Interacting‍ ‍Notebook

• Janis's Groupthink: Spontaneous collective irrationality Deep Dive (audio)

• Bonhoeffer's Theory of Stupidity: The anti-intellectual effects of power Deep Dive (audio)

• J&B Combos Wisdom (audio)

• Difference between “Fast” and “Deep” research in NotebookLM Document

Session 4: Us vs. Them / Errors When Considering the Stupidity of Ohers

• Haidt's Moral Foundations: Emotions drive post-hoc rationalization Long Intro (23 pp)NotebookAudio

• The Idiocy Illusion Video

• Combining Haidt and Bohm Audio

Session 5: Stupidity Can Set You Free . . . . . . . . ‍. . . . . . . . ‍. . . . . . . . ‍. . . . . . . . ‍. . . . . . . . ‍. . Google Notebook (NotebookLM Tutorial)

• Frankfurt's On Bullshit: Indifference to truth Long Essay‍ ‍Audio

• Trivers' Self-Deception: Evolutionary basis of pretending it’s not so Long Essay‍ ‍Audio

• Debate between Frankfurt and Trivers Audio

• Combining Frankfurt, Trivers, and Bohm Audio‍ ‍Video‍ ‍Slide Deck

Session 6: Choosing Leaders / Errors While Awarding Esteem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Google Notebook

• QAnon & Dunning-Kruger: Dangerous Overconfidence Among the Masses Long Essay

• Two intro videos re: the DK Effect #1‍ ‍#2

• TED-style presentation by Dunning himself Video

• Two Guardian “long reads” re: why people no longer respect experts #1‍ ‍#2

• Videos viewing QAnon through the DK lens #1‍‍ ‍‍#2‍ ‍#3‍ ‍#4

• Speech checking: prompts ‍ ‍Lincoln‍ ‍Biden‍ ‍Trump

Session 7: What if Stupidity is Baked Into the System?

• Spengler’s Impact of Civilizational Decline: Deep read
  Senescent cultures override individual agency

Session 8: What Does the Future Look Like?

• Solving the Collective Action Problem