Human Behavior

“Some things can become true merely because we believe in them–that pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. When modern economists assumed that people are innately selfish, they advocated policies that fostered self-serving behavior. When politicians convinced themselves that politics is a cynical game, that’s exactly what it became.”

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“I never realized how easily people could be trained to accept slavery.”

― Octavia E. Butler, Kindred