If you're automatically sure that you know what reality is and who and…

David Foster Wallace
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If you're automatically sure that you know what reality is and who and what is really important - if you want to operate on your default-setting - then you, like me, will not consider possibilities that aren't pointless and annoying. ✨ One Speech by This 90s Literary Giant Holds the Key to Ending Polarization in America by Philip Perry, bigthink.com.
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