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Flow States: You're in flow when you're so engrossed in a task that the world vanishes and the work seems to do itself. Flow is automatic, and it makes work much easier than you imagined. All you have to do is overcome the initial hurdle of beginning a task; flow does the rest.
My Peoples, the Time Has...
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13. Paltering:
Journos & politicians deceive you without lying by using cherry-picked truths to create a false picture.
E.g. Journo asks a man if he's racist.
He says "How dare you!"
Journo reports: "He refused to deny he's racist."
Fact-check: true, but a shitty thing to do.
Everyone, a New MEGATHRE...
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Educational injustice enabled people to preserve their illusions, inequality of opportunity fostered the myth of human equality. Myth we know it to be; not so our ancestors.
The Rise of the Meritocracy
Michael Young
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