Comments on: How to work with “stupid” people http://jasoncrawford.org/2010/04/how-to-work-with-stupid-people/ A tech/business geek in San Francisco Tue, 15 May 2012 10:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Truth http://jasoncrawford.org/2010/04/how-to-work-with-stupid-people/comment-page-2/#comment-864 Truth Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:10:00 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=257#comment-864 "These problems do exist, but only on the other person's side." You're waving a big red flag here, which strongly implies why you have extraordinary problems with people. No-one is infallible, and you certainly aren't. I bet if I were to say you'd made a massive grammatical blooper in the post above mine, you'd deny you'd erred; but you have. “These problems do exist, but only on the other person’s side.”

You’re waving a big red flag here, which strongly implies why you have extraordinary problems with people. No-one is infallible, and you certainly aren’t.

I bet if I were to say you’d made a massive grammatical blooper in the post above mine, you’d deny you’d erred; but you have.

]]> By: geenkaas | Pearltrees http://jasoncrawford.org/2010/04/how-to-work-with-stupid-people/comment-page-2/#comment-839 geenkaas | Pearltrees Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:29:57 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=257#comment-839 [...] Are you bringing different lessons learned from different backgrounds? If so, which context applies, if either? Maybe one of you has mostly worked at startups and the other mostly at big companies. Which context is relevant here? Is either of you making an unwarranted assumption? There are lessons learned and then there are “lessons” that you guessed about and forgot to validate through experience or research. How to work with “stupid” people [...] [...] Are you bringing different lessons learned from different backgrounds? If so, which context applies, if either? Maybe one of you has mostly worked at startups and the other mostly at big companies. Which context is relevant here? Is either of you making an unwarranted assumption? There are lessons learned and then there are “lessons” that you guessed about and forgot to validate through experience or research. How to work with “stupid” people [...]

]]> By: peoplesearch by ghardin - Pearltrees http://jasoncrawford.org/2010/04/how-to-work-with-stupid-people/comment-page-2/#comment-838 peoplesearch by ghardin - Pearltrees Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:27:08 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=257#comment-838 [...] How to work with “stupid” people Are you bringing different lessons learned from different backgrounds? If so, which context applies, if either? Maybe one of you has mostly worked at startups and the other mostly at big companies. Which context is relevant here? Is either of you making an unwarranted assumption? There are lessons learned and then there are “lessons” that you guessed about and forgot to validate through experience or research. [...] [...] How to work with “stupid” people Are you bringing different lessons learned from different backgrounds? If so, which context applies, if either? Maybe one of you has mostly worked at startups and the other mostly at big companies. Which context is relevant here? Is either of you making an unwarranted assumption? There are lessons learned and then there are “lessons” that you guessed about and forgot to validate through experience or research. [...]

]]> By: Jojo http://jasoncrawford.org/2010/04/how-to-work-with-stupid-people/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Jojo Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:48:00 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=257#comment-819 What are you talking about when you say america? cause america is the whole continent you know. now see why "the US is being dumbed down". What are you talking about when you say america? cause america is the whole continent you know. now see why “the US is being dumbed down”.

]]> By: Jenny http://jasoncrawford.org/2010/04/how-to-work-with-stupid-people/comment-page-2/#comment-818 Jenny Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:43:00 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=257#comment-818 What if most people are stupid? will you still expect yourself to be at the same level of intelligence than most people?  What if most people are stupid? will you still expect yourself to be at the same level of intelligence than most people? 

]]> By: Jenny3223 http://jasoncrawford.org/2010/04/how-to-work-with-stupid-people/comment-page-2/#comment-817 Jenny3223 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:33:00 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=257#comment-817 You should read the last part of the article it clearly explains a good solution. "Choose your battles. You don’t have to get your way in every disagreement". Your friend is just stupid, most of the time other people realize that but say nothing. and if they think the same way your friend does, it's because they're stupid too. You should read the last part of the article it clearly explains a good solution. “Choose your battles. You don’t have to get your way in every disagreement”. Your friend is just stupid, most of the time other people realize that but say nothing. and if they think the same way your friend does, it’s because they’re stupid too.

]]> By: Jenny http://jasoncrawford.org/2010/04/how-to-work-with-stupid-people/comment-page-2/#comment-816 Jenny Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:16:00 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=257#comment-816 It's a good article, but I totally agree with you 'cause it's like trying to think the same way they do and they might be wrong and that makes us stupid too. It’s a good article, but I totally agree with you ’cause it’s like trying to think the same way they do and they might be wrong and that makes us stupid too.

]]> By: Jenny3223 http://jasoncrawford.org/2010/04/how-to-work-with-stupid-people/comment-page-1/#comment-815 Jenny3223 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:03:00 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=257#comment-815 i agreed with you davidi before you posted that last comment i agreed with you davidi before you posted that last comment

]]> By: Jenny http://jasoncrawford.org/2010/04/how-to-work-with-stupid-people/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Jenny Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:52:00 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=257#comment-814 I think david is one of those stupid people difficult to work with, that will never let others point out his stupidity by giving stupid aguments trying to defend his stupid comment . I think david is one of those stupid people difficult to work with, that will never let others point out his stupidity by giving stupid aguments trying to defend his stupid comment .

]]> By: Videogold http://jasoncrawford.org/2010/04/how-to-work-with-stupid-people/comment-page-2/#comment-797 Videogold Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:27:00 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=257#comment-797 So let's say I do all that you say, paying particular attention to the way others judge the world, and how that relates to my own perspective, thus attempting to bridge that divide of human social interaction, meanwhile, they spend no time even thinking about what I might be thinking, could not possibly care less, and go on there merry way actin how they have always acted.  Now who's stupid? So let’s say I do all that you say, paying particular attention to the way others judge the world, and how that relates to my own perspective, thus attempting to bridge that divide of human social interaction, meanwhile, they spend no time even thinking about what I might be thinking, could not possibly care less, and go on there merry way actin how they have always acted.  Now who’s stupid?

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