Weird & Güd - The Intolerant and the Anti-Fragile
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- We’ve made the mistake that educated people often do—we’ve confused knowledge for wisdom.
- Information is abundant and the ability to twist that information into knots to create any form that flatters you is impressive, but it’s not wisdom, and it’s certainly not inherently good.
- Most people are not free, whether they live in free lands or not. They subjugate themselves to rotting tyrants, like addiction, self-annihilating ideologies, and authoritarian personalities—whether of their politicians or their partners.
- Most people are not open. Even the people whose identity is built upon the idea of openness recoil at the appearance of what they aren’t open to.
- Openness is the ability to find curiosity, even appreciation, for the many ways a human being can be unlike you while being just like you.