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Cynicism Doesn’t Keep You Safe

And it doesn’t mean you’re smarter or more informed

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Sharon McMahon
Nov 18, 2024
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Being cynical isn’t difficult. We hold in our hands a small device that connects to a space machine, and on that space machine-connected device we can find the entirety of human knowledge, including news of wars, atrocities, injustices, corruption, and disasters.

And to be fair, these devices also contain evidence of what is true and what is lovely. Wha…

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