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False narratives

by Knut Svanholm3mJune 11th, 2018
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<span>A</span>rguably, the scariest thing about us humans is how little we seem to question the narrative we happen to be born into. In hindsight we’re always baffled by our ancestors willingness to commit hideous crimes by following orders yet very few of us think about what moral implications the way we live our lives today will have on future generations. We suppose that since we live in relative peaceful times, all’s well and we’re making progress, it just takes time. In many ways, we <em>are</em> making progress as thinkers such as Steven Pinker and Hans Rosling has pointed out multiple times. But we might be missing something. A vicious force, hidden in plain sight, poised to drive us into desperation and despair in the long run, no matter how democratic, liberal or socially aware our societies claim to be. <em>All</em> democracies may be doomed to fail and there might be nothing we can do about it.

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