Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Then, billionaires "push each other further and further into extreme ideas because ...
Then, billionaires "push each other further and further into extreme ideas because their entire careers have been predicated on the idea that they're genius outliers who can see things others can't, and that their wealth is a reward for that imagined merit."
They live in privileged bubbles, which insulates them from disconfirming evidence - ironic, given how many of these bros think they are wise senators in the agora.
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