(EF25) Facts Aren’t Powerful Enough
It’s no longer enough to counter ill-intended information with facts; now we must fight rhetoric with even better rhetoric.
It’s no longer enough to counter ill-intended information with facts; now we must fight rhetoric with even better rhetoric.
Ego is like dynamite. It can kill you but also help you achieve great things.
Too much Information can be counterproductive if you have no methodology for using the knowledge.
Animals without developed prefrontal cortexes don’t get depressed, overthink death or worry if their latest social media post will get ‘liked’ or not. Maybe ignorance really is bliss.
While ego has caused everything from genocides to reality TV, life would be quite drab without it.
In a world growing more virtual every day, are we losing access to the valuable paths to wisdom forged by people before us?
It’s on the back of your previous scrappy work that our greatness is built.
Wisdom is often found in sacrificing one thing to gain another and evolve as a human being.
Will you look back from your deathbed proud of all the articles, social media and shows you consumed? Or would you prefer to see your creations and the wise worldview you both earned and then passed on?
There isn’t a shortcut to wisdom, otherwise, we’d likely already have found it.
It’s much easier to identify something as false than to confirm it to be true.