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The Blame Instinct

The Blame Instinct

Our tendency to find a clear, simple reason for why something bad has happened.

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The more one seeks to rise into height and light, the more vigorously do ones roots struggle earthward, downward, into the dark, the deep — into evil.

“Forming your worldview by relying on the media would be like forming your view about me by looking only at a picture of my foot.” ― Hans Rosling

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