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A culture that emphasizes self-esteem over self-knowledge leaves people less equipped to resist doing monstrous things.

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  1. Guy Spier

    Zurich-based value investor who ran the Aquamarine Fund…

    We live in a culture that preaches self‑esteem more than self‑knowledge. That leaves people morally flabby-performing virtue while outsourcing the actual discipline that keeps ordinary humans from doing monstrous things.

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