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This reminds me that, with our species, the real power always lies with those that tell the better story. Skynet and HAL 9000 had a more profound impact on those researchers than years of practice and study in the field. No surprise therefore that the storytelling of someone like Trump is practically indelibly imprinted into the mind of his supporters.


This reminds me of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance where the protagonist realizes there is no "truth" and everything is rhetoric.


Everyone works 40+ hours a week for pieces of paper that intrinsically are worth nothing




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