The Amazing Things & Ideas - 086 On hypocrisy
Being a hypocrite feels good because you get the best of both worlds: the illusion of being a particular kind of person, and the comfort of not matching that identity with your actions. The Amazing Things & Ideas List1. What I’m readingScience & Human Values by Jacob Bronowski
2. Peter Thiel on the derangements of science"… we’ve had all these derangements of science where… in the name of science we've done these rather unscientific things..." So much so that when you hear someone stress that they’re doing “science”, it’s usually a good indication they’re not. 3. On the effect of technology on peopleWe did not live in a calm, placid, rational, happy world before smartphones. People have been bananas forever. On most metrics, people were more bananas in the past than they are now. If anything, technology may be calming people down. 4. The wonders of evolution
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