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There's a very simple litmus test for whether an idea is right or left of center. If someone is trying to convince you that you have more agency than you think, it's rightist. If they're trying to convince you that you have less agency than you think, it's leftist. Both bad.
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"You are more powerful than you think" = "I have to do less for you to get what you're owed" "You are less powerful than you think" = "You should do what I tell you to get more"
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nah irrational optimism is associated with substantially better life outcomes than depressive realism, even though the latter leads to more accurate predictions of the future
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Isn't the more agency you assume you have, the more agency you gain over time, assuming you patch it up when you error? Self fulfilling, placebo, etc
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