Paul Graham on Twitter: "When I was a kid, I overestimated the degree of control adults had over circumstances. Now I know that illusion starts with parents."

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1. Firas Durri‏ @firasd 14 Jul 2017
  Replying to @paulg
  
  Yeah I thought adults had it "together". Besides life in general, reading high-school-level literature also disabused me of this notion.
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1. Diego Saez Gil‏Verified account @dsaezgil 14 Jul 2017
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  That's the illusion behind conspiracy theories
  
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1. Nathan Taylor‏ @ntaylor963 14 Jul 2017
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  my own path what causes trouble: 1. child - evildoers 2. youth - dumb people 3. sadder adult - complexity/misunderstandings/differing values
  
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1. Rajat Suri‏ @rajatsuri 14 Jul 2017
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  I think even adults overestimate the degree of control they have on their lives. Way more outcomes are probabilistic than deterministic
  
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1. Dan Cole‏ @dancole 14 Jul 2017
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  Ze Frank is just pretending how to raise a child:https://youtu.be/Bta00Hp4gho?t=3m …
  
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1. Nana‏ @artistoys777 14 Jul 2017
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  Yes.Hi, I am nana. That my product problem mission. My service provide A toy box for child development.It eliminate parental growth bias.
  
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1. Romil Kapoor‏ @_romilkapoor_ 14 Jul 2017
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  Control is an illusion.. no matter how much you plan you can't control the outcome or external factors impacting the outcome
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1. Robert Grummt‏ @RobertGrummt 14 Jul 2017
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  Still happens to me (20 yrs later).
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