Title: How I Became Stupid - Martin Page - book
Summary :
"You mean," Ganja said slowly, chewing medicinal seeds, "you mean that you were stupid to try to be so intelligent, that it was way off the mark, and that becoming a little stupid, that's what would be intelligent..." Antoine may have degrees in Aramaic, biology, and cinema, but he's no happier for it. And, according to him, it's precisely his intelligence and lucidity that are ruining his life. So he decides to stop thinking. He first considers becoming an alcoholic, but after the first drink, he falls into an alcoholic coma. He then considers suicide, but death definitely doesn't appeal to him. That leaves the ultimate act: cretinization. Far from any moralism, with humor and detachment, Martin Page points out the contradictions we all struggle with, if we even try to think.
