Stephen J. King - Guide To The Real World

Stephen J. King - Guide To The Real World

The Boiled Frog

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Stephen J. King
May 17, 2025
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I blame science, personally.

Science sold us the grandest illusion of personal control. It really sold us on feeling in-charge in a way that other authorities never allowed. Growing up, I remember scientists being almost non-human, inert, unflappable, unbiased. They were our proxies. Their pristine white coats and dark, thick-rimmed glasses, somehow mea…

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