Losing Faith In Contrarianism
Beware the Curators
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This gives us the first rule of thumb for contrarianism: if your society engages in practices which cause harm to others, and offers elaborate reasons as to why this is justifiable, that’s where you might investigate the claims of the fringe weirdos.
Richard Meadows • Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World
Another is that pessimists often extrapolate present trends without accounting for how markets adapt.
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
being overly contrarian is not the goal, but when you just ride the waves of the crowd, you’re destined to be average.
Strands of Genius: Twisted + Straight, Conformity Be Damned, Teaching Smart People
Finding dissenting opinions is an important step in avoiding the all-too-common plague of confirmation bias—our human tendency to hear and see only what we want to hear and see.
Peter Hollins • The Science of Self-Learning: How to Teach Yourself Anything, Learn More in Less Time, and Direct Your Own Education (Learning how to Learn Book 1)
As wonderful as the internet is, it has reinforced our worst tendencies. We accept as truth the first Google hit that confirms our beliefs—even if the hit appears here of the search results. We don’t seek multiple references or filter out low-quality information. We quickly jump from “This sounds right to me” to “This is true.” Confirming our theor
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