To be part of the democratic tradition is to be a prisoner of hope.
"prisoner" makes the idea of hope seem like a negative thing to have, and implies we would want to be free of being hopeful.
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- Apr 2021
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www.whatsoproudlywehail.org www.whatsoproudlywehail.org
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One percent of the population owns 48 percent of the total net financial wealth. The top 10 percent owns 86 percent of the wealth, while the top 20 percent owns 94 percent of the wealth. Meanwhile, 80 percent of the population is experiencing stagnating and declining wages.
Even being aware that this is an issue that is pressing and relevant, looking at these numbers is shocking and scary.
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. Most of human history is the history of elites, of kings, queens, princes, prelates, magistrates, potentates, knights, earls, and squires, all of whom subordinated and exploited everyday people.
When learning about history, the people in power are the people that we tend to focus on more so than anyone else. These people are such small percentages of history as a whole.
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- Mar 2021
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www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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“You can’t improve intuition. Perhaps, with very long-term training, lots of talk, and exposure to behavioral economics, what you can do is cue reasoning, so you can engage System 2 to follow rules.
I understand they are saying you can improve other things such as your reasoning abilities, but that in turn makes your intuition better, isn't that improving your intuition?
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Confirmation bias shows up most blatantly in our current political divide, where each side seems unable to allow that the other side is right about anything.
If we are only viewing what we already know, here is no growth or learning occuring.
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The anchoring effect is our tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered, particularly if that information is presented in numeric form, when making decisions, estimates, or predictions. This is the reason negotiators start with a number that is deliberately too low or too high: They know that number will “anchor” the subsequent dealings.
This reminds me of algorithms on social media, we only view the very first things we see on our feed and they are so often specifically geared towards us.
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- Feb 2021
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www.brookings.edu www.brookings.edu
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Countries who relied on science early on produced good results and received international praise.
Factual information from trusted individuals vs. the spreading of false information.
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Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from Michigan and Nevada for efforts to expand postal voting,
This restricts democracy more than the pandemic itself.
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Voting by internet is not yet considered safe
will we have to reach a future where voting online becomes a safe and reliable way of voting in order to have more people vote?
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