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#602 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 14 Shocking Lessons About Human Nature

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The chilling effect of punishment

Your writing is good./nPeople send me that audience capture article all the time./nThe article you did about how smart people make themselves be dumb is phenomenal./nYou're the only sub-stack that I pay f./nThanks./nQuite rightly./nWhat can I say?/nMy favorite thing to do with your Twitter is go through some of the mental models, biases, and ideas that you've got./nThe main take away from the conversation is that when punishment for what people say becomes widespread, people stop saying what they really think and instead say whatever is needed to thrive in the social environment. Thus, limits on speech become limits on sincerity.

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