Witches, conspiracies, threats, burdens, rivals, enemies, and weirdos.| www.conspicuouscognition.com
In "Public Opinion" (1922), Walter Lippmann argued that the vastness, complexity, and invisibility of the modern world make democracy impossible. He got a lot right.| www.conspicuouscognition.com
This is often bad and we should develop stronger norms against it.| www.conspicuouscognition.com
Why I started this blog, why I called it "conspicuous cognition", and why the desire for social approval drives the evolutionary weirdness of our species.| www.conspicuouscognition.com