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This story reminds me of a quote from Upton Sinclair: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it
by siberianbear 7y ago
This story reminds me of a quote from Upton Sinclair: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
I've met many people in my life just like your classmate. They're especially common in the real estate industry. You're right, the world is crazy.
- yeahitslikethat 7y agoIt helps me very much to read that quote right now. Thank you for posting it. When making my cases at work, I need to frame the talking points from the perspective of how choosing my decision will benefit the person's salary. I don't know if I like that realization, but it seems logical. It doesn't feel good to manipulate people like that. I feel like they should know what's best for them and decide with the facts. But maybe they don't know better for themselves or their priorities in life are different. To think about programming people like I think about programming computers feels dehumanizing. Like I shouldn't be doing it. Like it's wrong to take someone's freewill away.
- ethbro 7y agoIf everyone agrees that crazy is sane, then the mass delusion can stick until something forces it to be reevaluated. That's essentially the definition of a bubble cycle: a mass delusion, eventually suddenly punctured by the imposition of reality.