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The last decade or so for me have really confirmed the old fable of "The Emperor's New Clothes" or the Upton Sinclair quote, "It is difficult to get a man to un
by hotpotamus 4y ago
The last decade or so for me have really confirmed the old fable of "The Emperor's New Clothes" or the Upton Sinclair quote, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
I never understood how people could believe such obviously foolish things. I think part of it for me is just getting older, but I also think the last decade has just been more blatant in a lot of ways.
- hindsightbias 4y agoI think the PG version would be: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his identity depends upon his not understanding it."