Jennifer Horgan: Margaret Atwood is right — we can be divided into the good, the bad and the stupid

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Back in 2019, Margaret Atwood became the oldest person to win the Booker Prize. She has described every human invention and ideology as a three-sided knife: the good side, the bad side, and the stupid side you didn’t anticipate.

We like to think the world is made up of goodies and baddies but it’s stupidity, fear and naivety that swing things.

Back in 2019, Margaret Atwood became the oldest person to win the Booker Prize. In 2024, she shared her wisdom on the real state of the world, describing every human invention and ideology as a three-sided knife: the good side, the bad side, and the stupid side you didn’t anticipate.