The Real Reason A 3rd Assassin Just Tried to Kill Trump — And Who Hired Him
Tom Bilyeu examines three assassination attempts on Trump, how incentive structures corrupt institutions, and why understanding human cognition matters more than political tribalism.
The gist
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Bilyeu says organizations built to fight a problem, like nonprofits, can develop financial incentives to keep that problem alive.
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The brain processes only 0.0035% of the electromagnetic spectrum, so your frame of reference shapes what you see and believe.
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Judge beliefs by whether they lead to useful action, not by whether they feel informative or morally satisfying.
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Bilyeu argues that stating your values explicitly, such as your actual policy position, forces honesty and reduces abstract polarization.
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