Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid - Edited by Robert J. Sternberg

This book is a collection of writings about the various ways smart people can be stupid.

One of the first sections talks about how people who view intelligence as fixed limit themselves, while people who believe in malleable intelligence progress farther.  It was interesting to note that people who are praised for their effort do better than people who are praised for their intelligence.

The next section deals with managerial incompetence - specifically how there are biases and per-dispositions that hinder managers' abilities to solve problems.

The other chapters deal are highly academic, and somewhat difficult to read.  I was expecting that there would be a division of intelligence into scholarly and emotional intelligence, but those weren't made.  One chapter talked about mental retardation and referenced a lot of Hollywood films' representation of handicaps, and I thought that was irrelevant to the title and spirit of the book.

The 1000+ pages of the book was misleading, as many chapters consist of about 10% references.

I didn't really enjoy this book, but got a little bit out of it.