Seeing how politics makes us stupid is important. I am more optimistic, though: it's partly a broken political culture, not just brains.
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Political culture *can* improve; and there are ways to work around the innate tribal irrationality of human brains.
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Our culture insists on your duty to have an opinion about everything. Fix: a critical mass of people saying "no, that's stupid and harmful."
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@Meaningness Hope is what makes us miserable according to Pema Chodron :-) It might in this case.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@Jayarava good point! Relevant: charnel ground:https://meaningness.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/charnel-ground/ …
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