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Friday, December 11. 2020

Quotable Quotes


The blame instinct makes us exaggerate the importance of individuals or of particular groups. This instinct to find a guilty party derails our ability to develop a true, fact-based understanding of the world: it steals our focus as we obsess about someone to blame, then blocks our learning because one we have decided who to punch in the face we stop looking for explanations elsewhere.~Hans Rosling


h/t to Cafe Hayek 

Posted by Bulldog in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 11:26 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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For those who haven't seen them, Rosling's talks about world wealth are eye-opening.
#1 Assistant Village Idiot on 2020-12-11 13:11 (Reply)
Yes, they are. Highly recommend all his work.
#1.1 Bulldog on 2020-12-11 17:49 (Reply)
Seems to me, that while eloquent, it's a lot of words to explain a simple concept: the fallout from Original Sin.
#2 KellyM on 2020-12-11 17:46 (Reply)
To be fair, what isn't?
#2.1 Texan99 on 2020-12-12 08:18 (Reply)
Blaming others puts them in charge of your problems, your progress. The blamed Others have to change before you can change. Blaming others gives away your individualism, your future.
#3 Jan Blickenstaff on 2020-12-12 12:41 (Reply)

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