Basically, yes. I became cynical long ago, and I’ve found very little to improve my expectation of median human rationality. There are pockets of exceptions, both small subpopulations that do pretty well, and small topics where many do well. But the normal case is pretty bad.
IMO, you would make your post more generally applicable with no loss in fidelity of answer if you stopped the title at “How do you deal with people”, and end with “It becomes increasingly hard for me to take people seriously”.
Basically, yes. I became cynical long ago, and I’ve found very little to improve my expectation of median human rationality. There are pockets of exceptions, both small subpopulations that do pretty well, and small topics where many do well. But the normal case is pretty bad.
IMO, you would make your post more generally applicable with no loss in fidelity of answer if you stopped the title at “How do you deal with people”, and end with “It becomes increasingly hard for me to take people seriously”.