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"The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design."

— Hayek, Friedrich

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"If you don't believe it or don't get it, I don't have the time to try to convince you, sorry."

— Nakamoto, Satoshi

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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

person Deutsch, David

event 2011

Exploration of how explanatory knowledge grows and transforms our understanding, arguing that all progress comes from the quest for good explanations

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I, Pencil: My Family Tree as Told to Leonard E. Read

person Read, Leonard

event 1958

A classic essay illustrating the concept of spontaneous order through the story of a pencil's creation, demonstrating how no single person possesse...

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Knowledge and Decisions

person Sowell, Thomas

event 1980

Analysis of how knowledge is used in economic decision-making, examining the role of prices, incentives, and institutions in coordinating dispersed...

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Deutsch, David

British physicist and pioneer in quantum computation, known for his work on the theory of knowledge and optimism

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Hayek, Friedrich

event 1899 - 1992

Austrian-British economist and philosopher, Nobel laureate in Economics (1974), key figure in Austrian School of economics

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Bullshit Asymmetry Principle

The amount of energy needed to refute false or misleading information (bullshit) is an order of magnitude greater than the effort required to produ...

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Dunning-Kruger Effect

A cognitive bias where people with limited competence or knowledge in a specific domain greatly overestimate their own abilities. The same lack of ...

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The Principle of Optimism

All evils are caused by insufficient knowledge. This principle, articulated by physicist and philosopher David Deutsch, asserts that problems are s...

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