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      9 months ago

      that or thousands/millions of other books, essays, treatises, manifestos, etc. saying the same thing.

      it’s an indictment of humanity that we keep doing these same things despite it being so well documented and analyzed.

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        9 months ago

        The knowledge is being handed down correctly. Thats our biggest advantage as a species, the passing of knowledge to the next generation, and its like something is making sure we dont learn this lesson.

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          9 months ago

          i struggle to convince myself that the knowledge is useful when it’s so widely & willfully ignored.

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            9 months ago

            Usefulness and people’s willingness to use it are not correlated unfortunately