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A list of rules for writers from George Orwell circa 1946
In 1946, George Orwell published Politics and the English Language. The essay criticizes bad habits and promotes the use of clear language. Towards the end, Orwell provides the following rules: Never...
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Can History Tell the Truth?
“I know it is the fashion to say,” George Orwell once wrote, “that most of recorded history is lies anyway. I am willing to believe that history is for the most part inaccurate and biased, but what is...
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Amusing Ourselves To Death
I’ve read Orwell’s 1984. I’m currently reading Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business and I recently ordered Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Contrary...
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Proximate vs Root Causes: Why You Should Keep Digging to Find the Answer
“Anything perceived has a cause. All conclusions have premises. All effects have causes. All actions have motives.” — Arthur Schopenhauer *** The Basics One of the first principles we learn as babies...
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Complexity bias is a logical fallacy that leads us to give undue credence to complex concepts. Faced with two competing hypotheses, we are likely to choose the most complex one. That’s usually the...
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