Used book – How I Became Stupid, Martin Page

"- You mean," Ganja said slowly, chewing on medicinal seeds, "you mean you were stupid to try to be so smart, that it was completely off the mark, and that becoming a little stupid, that's what would be smart..." 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 existence. So he decides to stop thinking. He first considers becoming an alcoholic, but, with the first drink, he falls into an alcoholic coma. He then considers suicide, but death definitely doesn't appeal to him. All that's left is the ultimate act: cretinization. Far from any moralizing, with humor and detachment, Martin Page points out the contradictions we all struggle against, as long as we try to think.