"take pride in using programming languages and text editors that have been designed by programmers, not updated since the 1970s, and never touched by anyone with a modicum of design sense."
Lee's answer[0] is a good one, and worth a look, but there are other good answers there as well. Andrea Martin's answer[1] just below Lee's is especially interesting because it takes an entirely different viewpoint to the question than the typical "intellectual biases" or "networking/superficial social skills" type of answers:
"Fail to develop and maintain mutual support systems among mature, benevolent, competent people. Without a good support system, anyone can begin to slide down a slippery slope when they encounter hardship, miscalculate something major, or fall victim to the misdeeds of others."
[+] [-] twiceaday|12 years ago|reply
Sounds like this was written by a web developer.
[+] [-] michael_h|12 years ago|reply
[+] [-] lutusp|12 years ago|reply
The "stupid things" list should certainly include visiting quora.com, a tar-pit masquerading as a website.
[+] [-] monksy|12 years ago|reply
[+] [-] Kronopath|12 years ago|reply
"Fail to develop and maintain mutual support systems among mature, benevolent, competent people. Without a good support system, anyone can begin to slide down a slippery slope when they encounter hardship, miscalculate something major, or fall victim to the misdeeds of others."
Go read the whole thing. It's worth it.
[0] Permalink to Lee's answer: http://www.quora.com/Human-Behavior/What-are-some-stupid-thi...
[1] Permalink to Andrea's answer: http://www.quora.com/Human-Behavior/What-are-some-stupid-thi...
[+] [-] nusbit|12 years ago|reply
[+] [-] Kronopath|12 years ago|reply
[+] [-] monksy|12 years ago|reply