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Why I Don’t Trust Sensational Headlines (Even When They’re Right)
Sometimes I’ll see a new bill passed or read a shocking headline—and my first reaction is the same as yours: “What the hell is happening to the world?”
I’ll get grumpy. I’ll vent to my wife. I’ll think, “This is dumb.”
But then I stop.
Because I’ve learned that we, as human beings, are terrible at making sense of complicated systems.
Even if something seems obviously harmful—or genuinely is harmful—it’s often impossible to know what the actual long-term effects will be. The systems we live in are too complex. You move one piece, and another shifts in a direction you never saw coming.
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