A movie theater is no longer about the movie. Its about the experience, the going out, the togetherness, the popcorn and all that.
Coffee shops taught us that. The coffee is crap and irrelevant.
Coffee shops taught us that. The coffee is crap and irrelevant.
Investing sometimes is that too. The narrative drives the feeling of superior returns even if the returns are not. You want the narrative because oh god how can't it be so boring as just buying an index.
The world eventually optimises for behaviour, not rationality.
The world eventually optimises for behaviour, not rationality.
Its the same with everything..we judge books by the cover and make idioms in the hope we don't.
We build technology to help isolate us from each other, and after enough of it everyone just wants to meaninglessly meet.
All you need to do is to sell it right.
We build technology to help isolate us from each other, and after enough of it everyone just wants to meaninglessly meet.
All you need to do is to sell it right.
The problem however is that we can't see ourselves as so ephemeral or full of bs so it's difficult to admit the lack of rationality. So we build statistics and flog numbers to appear rational. Lockdowns, shutting down schools and buying a cancer generating indian tobacco co.
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