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← Facts are not pure information; culture shapes what we see and how

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Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Facts are not pure information; culture shapes what we see and how Facts are not pure information; cultureshapes what we see and how SG Stephen Jay Gould — holds since c. 1981 — tap for who they are Same subject: Television, not print, now shapes our information, ideas and ways of knowing — tap to centre the map on it Television, not print, now shapesour information, ideas and ways ofknowing NP Neil Postman — holds since c. 1985 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having a lot of information does not by itself guarantee truth or order — tap to centre the map on it Having a lot of information does notby itself guarantee truth or order YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are Same subject: A group’s culture depends on what its members do, not on who they are — tap to centre the map on it A group’s culture depends on whatits members do, not on who they are Last stated 9 years ago 6 Feb 2018 DC Daniel Coyle — holds since 2018-02-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Information does not shape a person's view of reality; rather, a person's view of reality shapes how they process information. — tap to centre the map on it Information does not shape aperson's view of reality; rather, aperson's view of reality shapes howthey process information. Last stated a year ago 1 Oct 2025 MG Micah Goodman — holds since 2025-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The world is the totality of facts, not of things — tap to centre the map on it The world is the totality of facts,not of things LW Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reading a great deal about a subject works partly by holding your attention on it long enough to change, not only by adding facts. — tap to centre the map on it Reading a great deal about a subjectworks partly by holding yourattention on it long enough tochange, not only by adding facts. Last stated a year ago 16 Sept 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-09-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Information is neither the raw material of truth, as the naive view holds, nor just a weapon, as populists claim — tap to centre the map on it Information is neither the rawmaterial of truth, as the naive viewholds, nor just a weapon, aspopulists claim YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Science is not truth, it's a process for discovering and refining the truth — tap to centre the map on it The Science is not truth, it's aprocess for discovering and refiningthe truth Last stated 4 years ago 14 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it A CEO grading themselves a failurefor their mistakes does not help;every CEO makes thousands ofmistakes Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's PRs should be verysmall and manageable if the designeris not comfortable reviewing orwriting the code themselves. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 AM Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it Being professionally offended byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it Blaming and shaming people onlymakes them defensive, dig in theirheels, or tune out, rather thanchange their minds. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Facts are not pure information; culture shapes what we see and how Last stated c. 1981 Holds Stephen Jay Gould Read this korrent →