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What We Secretly Want (w/ Robin Hanson)

Uncertain Things

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Self-Deception Is the Difference Between the President and the Press Secretary

There's a level of self-deception, obviously. I'm a faithful person, so I'm not flirting. But there's also one would assume that you're trying to deceive the world. So we like a lot this analogy between your conscious mind and a press secretary. Your job isn't to know why you do things. Your job is to present this good image.

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