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  1. Apr 2022
    1. I lacked the fame to pen something so “negative.”

      Gurba is basically being told that she doesn't have the right to be so critical of Dirt because of her societal position. This is an example of how authority and power affect the way people take in the input of those who aren't seen as "qualified" enough.

    1. it is these simple behaviors, applied as habits and enforced as norms, that have the power to change the web as we know it, to break our cycle of reaction and recognition, and ultimately to get even our deeper investigations off to a better start.

      The author stresses the point that we must thoroughly inspect any piece of information we take in as if it were second nature. Without this, we won't be able to investigate a topic accurately with great thoroughness. This will also break any bad habits we have when it comes to accepting false or inaccurate information as fact.