Is Your Job Making You "Stupid"? Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations , once wrote that a person who spends his life performing the same repetitive tasks "generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to become." Wow Now that's not a pretty picture. Unfortunately, much of our work today consists of those boring, repetitive tasks. But maybe you're one of the many who have gotten caught up in thinking work is...