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Rob Wiblin on human nature, new technology, and living a happy, healthy & ethical life

80,000 Hours Podcast

CHAPTER

The Risks of Fiction

I think that the risks of fiction go unacknowledged. So you need to know who the author is. Why are they writing the fiction? Because I do think there is great fiction out there, but I completely agree that it carries some risks. It can also help you get inside someone's head and understand how one's going to think. But yeah, there are these risks that people don't talk about too much. You could never actually make a film out of that because it would be so boring. Those things just get left out completely.

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