"The people who are in power are in power (so we're told) because they're smart, because they're innovative, because they just thought harder than us and prestige is tied, more than anything else, to the perception of intelligence. Given that this isn't actually the case, what this means is that status contests in our society are mostly about correctly performing the impression of thinking" -- nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq8c3lz8u8q6f43tp78lzwuse3n359akle4x227a9l3waglg5wl4eqrgv4gt (nprofile…v4gt)
The theatre of power.
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/dont-think
Simon Brooke
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2026-10-27 10:15:38 UTC
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