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Moshe Koppel on Norms, Tradition, and Resilient Societies

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The Uses of Pessimism

i think for young people to day, especially ah, these kind of arguments are deeply unappealing. Tradition and norms have the value we've been talking about, but i think it's a tough sell. I think we're going to get a lot of data about non traditional societies. There are clearly not just limited to the united states, this desire to up end things. It also comes back to my gonger and i were talking about that that is su a governance of, you know, the rules. To think you can figure out the rules in advance is a a big challenge. Butbut there is a time, and likely to fail, when you have to decide to change

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