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The Nostalgia Delusion

Annie Duke · 8 Dec 2023

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  1. Our reading

    Inaccurate beliefs that the world is getting worse drive poor policy decisions and can swing elections.

    Their wordsInaccurate beliefs about the state of the world have dangerous implications. Those biased beliefs drive poor policy decisions. They can swing elections. They are subject to manipulation by bad actors.

  2. Our reading

    On almost any metric, the past was not a better time to be alive.

    Their wordsWe think that things were simpler in past. It was a happier time to be alive. But on almost any metric, it wasn't a better time to be alive.

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