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Betrayed By Culture - by Robin Hanson - Overcoming Bias

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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.

Like most humans ever, I love my culture. Its food, clothes, festivals, songs, stories, news, monuments, inspirational speeches, all of it. Deeply. They bring tears to my eyes, and comfort to my soul. I want to assume, as have most humans ever, that the mere fact that my culture exists suggests that it will probably do well by me. And the fact that it seems especially envied and celebrated raises my hopes further. I also love my family, and would be deeply hurt to learn that they had betrayed me, such as by hurting me lots to achieve small gains for them. But even if that were to happen, my…

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