6 highlights
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Too often, when faced with a problem, we look for an easy solution instead of a correct one. This is natural, as some problems are hard to solve.
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Religion emerged from under a streetlight.
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This was best summed up in the Politician’s Syllogism, coined by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn in Yes, Prime Minister
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We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.
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A terrorist attack happens. They need to build a narrative that they are on top of it. They arrest, torture and frame local Muslims.
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Often when the price of something is considered by authorities to be too high, they impose price controls. They are seen to be doing something, but this good intention leads to bad outcomes. Price controls always lead to shortages, and hurt the people they are supposed to help.