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What We Secretly Want (w/ Robin Hanson)

Uncertain Things

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Play Is a Substantial Harm to Laughter

Laughter shows us the boundaries that societies too shy to make explicit. Play is useful because play let you go through scenarios you will find rare and relax, right? So we like stories about Paris or something because we can imagine what would I do in this situation? We're learning things about situations that we don't personally experience,. And play is a version of that. It's often a big advantage to people to know which rules will be enforced and which rules are not.

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