#721 - George Mack - Why Can No One Think Rationally Anymore?
Modern Wisdom
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The Value of Strong Beliefs and Constantly Updating Ideas
People prefer to have strong beliefs rather than complete nihilism. Constantly updating and replacing ideas leads to an infinite game of stacking up knowledge. The Lindy effect suggests that a new idea may not be the answer in the long term. It is important to give new habits or ideas time to see if they are truly effective. The value of tradition is that it represents experiments that have worked over time.
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