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Because the world is complicated, people tend to select information that favors their existing way of understanding it.
Tim Scarfe · Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker · 20 Aug 2026
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“Right. The world is complicated.”
“And to make it make sense, we kind of select things that privilege the way we think about the world.”Play from 9:27Report a misattribution
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