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For me, The Economist is the prime example of the Murray Gell-Mann amnesia effect. They are so off on topics I happen to know about. And yet I feel like I can t
by alecco 7y ago
For me, The Economist is the prime example of the Murray Gell-Mann amnesia effect. They are so off on topics I happen to know about. And yet I feel like I can trust them with whatever wacky eye-catching theory they conjure.
- viburnum 7y agoIt really is. I read it cover to cover for ten years before I caught on (I’m a slow learner). This podcast episode is about the history of The Economist. It’s really interesting: https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-98-the-refined-sociopathy-of-the-economist https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-98-the-refined-so...