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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
It goes far beyond college. It explains the cognitive failures and flawed reasoning causing polarization. It blames a lot of the moronic idiocy on the left on universities, true, but it applies the same criticism to the right and analyzes the silos that create that side’s groupthink.
And unsurprisingly, it’s lizard brain stuff that applies pretty solidly to both sides.
They use a compelling three part analysis (three “untruths”) both sides of our polarized debates have in common.
At the end, you realize both sides are kind of just playing an ends-justify-the-means game. But how the authors get you there is quite insightful.
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If I scrolled before posting someone else might recommend this already, but if you want to understand the key cognitive failures today, best to start with Hans Rosling's new book (released after his death).
That said, I believe when they finally found the Rosetta stone and translated the earliest writing in human history, a chiseled stele from 5000 BC, the hieroglyphs began "Kids today...."
