A detailed and readable overview bemoaning the increasing amount of ineptitude, ineficiency, and sheer stupidity that pervade all segments of American life and work, including thoughts on how we got this way and what might be done to ameliorate the problem. If you're looking for a humorous collection of "dumb people" stories, this isn't it, but if you're looking for some thoughtful suggestions on how to increase your own reasoning powers and how to encourage it in others, you could do worse.
