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Honest but scary: > Of course the faith may be mistaken. The gamble come up short. In fact, that's bound to happen eventually if you place enough bets. Nobody is forever the oracle and all luc…

An explanation for relative stability being not normal (from this HN thread): > After WWII many veterans took advantage of the free education offered by the GI Bill. That gave us a lot of highly e…

tamingcomplexity.org > Confused? Are you staring at a screen that lets you view almost every available scrap of information in the world, but you can't even find a precise description of the p…

(Source) > When you know something it is almost impossible to imagine what it is like not to know that thing. This is the curse of knowledge, and it is the root of countless misunderstandings >…

From this interview with David Sirota > I felt like the movie was mostly about systems and the perceived loss of agency we feel when we can both see what’s wrong with the world and also feel total…

From this Medium post > Maltz came to the conclusion that our self-image is the cornerstone of our mental state, and therefore of all the successes and failures that happen in our lives as a resul…

From The erasure of JK Rowling > “given the degree to which her integration of ancient lore, magic and mythology with her own fantastical imagination won Rowling her pre-eminent place in the heart…