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8 Ways that Humans Lie to Themselves
“Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.” ― André Malraux
I have the answers if only people would listen to me
You probably don’t have all the answers.
You probably don’t even understand the problem you’re trying to solve half as well as you think you do.
Whether these ‘answers’ be political/religious/ideological, they only seem “obvious” to you because of your life experience, education, friend groups, knowledge, and your level of intelligence. Human life is complicated, and society is even more complicated. There are millions of factors that come into play when it comes to organizing anything and even the smartest people in the world have difficulty predicting how changes might ripple through society.
People often come into a new job thinking they can change everything without realizing why those procedures and structures exist in the first place. They want to prove themselves to be valuable but instead of endeavoring to learn, they endeavor to apply their will.
Whenever a solution is truly great, it tends to be obvious to everyone. If a potato farmer finds a way to revolutionize agriculture and double his yield, then all of his neighbors will try to replicate his success. Inventions like the printing…
