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religion

Faith as a thing a society runs on, and what has been tried in its place.

What people on korrents have said about religion, newest first — 2 positions from 2 people.

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  1. DH

    David Heinemeier Hansson quoted

    Our readingHe is not religious and wishes he were: religion is a societal operating system, and every recent replacement for it has been worse.

    Their wordsReligion is one of those things I've struggled with a lot because I'm not religious. I sort of wish I was. I can now fully appreciate the enormous value having an operating system like that brings not just at the individual level, but rather at a societal level.

    ↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting | Lex Fridman Podcast #474youtube.com 36th of 36 in this recording

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  3. OB

    Olivier Blanchard quoted

    Our readingThe main obstacle to sound fiscal policy debate is a widespread, quasi-religious belief that public debt is inherently bad.

    Their wordsThe main challenge in discussing fiscal policy is the widely held and nearly religious belief that public debt is very bad.

    ↗Fiscal Policy under Low Interest Ratesdirect.mit.edu 1st of 22 in this piece

    public debtfiscal policy

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