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People perceive nearby or directly impactful things more clearly than distant, less directly impactful things.
Adam Becker · Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker · 20 Aug 2026
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“You see the stuff closer to you more clearly and the stuff that's further away and less directly impacting you is, you know, smaller and further away and harder to see.”Play from 9:43Report a misattribution
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