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my answer to peter thiel's "what important truth do very few people agree with you on" is kind of meta – that truth itself, in practice, apart from the hard sciences, is ~ a political concept. truth is fashion, truth is kayfabe, truth is intersubjective https://t.co/wnLvKkCgWY
From Harold Pinter's 2005 Nobel Lecture: https://t.co/WiDWBqoSox "the majority of politicians [...] are interested not in truth but in power [...]. To maintain that power it is essential that people [...] live in ignorance of the truth, even the truth of their own lives." https://t.co/DAJsxZkioy
George Orwell, In Front Of Your Nose [1946] "We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right." https://t.co/9xDyTFUjyw https://t.co/kVT81Yqzif
the truth about truth, and people, is that people may not care about your truth until it is too late for you – or ever https://t.co/vNwd6Bnlib
"The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent" applies . You might be right about something, but if you die before you're validated...? Semmelweis insisted that doctors wash their hands. He was fired, then sent to an asylum, where he was beaten, and died. https://t.co/ZwFYSEO9Dj
being truthful can get you labeled as untrustworthy https://t.co/4X7WHHD8q8 https://t.co/g0myxFgPWI
Morning! Because of the complicated relationship our species has with the truth, being truthful can sometimes (often?) actually get you labelled as untrustworthy. There’s a huge gap between our moral fantasies (as told in our modern myths and folklore) and practical reality
being truthful can get you labeled as untrustworthy https://t.co/4X7WHHD8q8 https://t.co/g0myxFgPWI
Morning! Because of the complicated relationship our species has with the truth, being truthful can sometimes (often?) actually get you labelled as untrustworthy. There’s a huge gap between our moral fantasies (as told in our modern myths and folklore) and practical reality