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Don’t trust the vibes - Ada Yeo

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I lived in Singapore till I was 24 — and Confucian culture, which I grew up in, dictates that you should always automatically respect authority figures like your parents, your teachers, the government, and anyone older than you. It’s a huge red pill when you realize that a ton of mainstream narratives around you are not just plain wrong, but actively harmful to the causes they claim to help. Consider popular memes that still live on today, after being proven wrong many, many times: “Capitalism is evil” Actually, it’s the best economic system that we have so far, though it’s clearly not perfect. Nearly 1B people have been taken out of extreme poverty from 1990 to 2010. “Nuclear is dangerous” Actually, it’s the safest source of energy – it’s 800x safer than coal. “Defund the police” Actually, almost 80% of Black Americans say they would like more or just as much of a police presence today in their communities. “Living in the countryside is more sustainable than living in the city” Actual

What Dall-E thinks a mind virus looks like Before I came to America, I didn’t spend much time thinking for myself. I lived in Singapore till I was 24 — and Confucian culture, which I grew up in, dictates that you should always automatically respect authority figures like your parents, your teachers, the government, and anyone older than you. It’s a huge red pill when you realize that a ton of mainstream narratives around you are not just plain wrong, but actively harmful to the causes they claim to help. Consider popular memes that still live on today, after being proven wrong many, many…

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