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Nobody Knows Anything

David Heinemeier Hansson · 2 Dec 2022

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Picking a permanent side in some grand ideological struggle erodes the capacity for intellectual honesty

Picking a permanent side in some grand ideological struggle - with its prepackaged set of principles and values, enemies and heroes - might bring psychological comfort in the short term, but it'll erode the capacity for intellectual honesty in the long term

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  1. Picking a permanent side in some grand ideological struggle - with its prepackaged set of principles and values, enemies and heroes - might bring psychological comfort in the short term, but it'll erode the capacity for intellectual honesty in the long term

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