I came across this video last year and have waited for some time to see if something else would radically change my perspective in a greater way. Most of 2-10 on the list are posts here on LessWrong, so I thought I would share this as well.
The way that it changed my view is in reducing how much “benefit of the doubt” I give declarative statements about a person’s intentions, and significantly increasing my perception of how commonly people collaboratively deceive themselves even when both parties are acting in earnest.
Tim Dillon’s fake business is the most influential video I have watched in the last 24 months
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I came across this video last year and have waited for some time to see if something else would radically change my perspective in a greater way. Most of 2-10 on the list are posts here on LessWrong, so I thought I would share this as well.
The way that it changed my view is in reducing how much “benefit of the doubt” I give declarative statements about a person’s intentions, and significantly increasing my perception of how commonly people collaboratively deceive themselves even when both parties are acting in earnest.