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Architects, Operatives, Cheerleaders…Oh My.

Architects, Operatives, Cheerleaders…Oh My.

Understanding Who You've Been Dealing with for the Last Three Years

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Christopher Cook
Mar 07, 2023
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Prior to 2020, I had a reasonably rosy view of mankind…

I did not believe, like Rousseau, that man was inherently good, and then ruined by the institutions of civilization. I did not believe, like Hobbes, that humans are either brutes or weaklings living in fear of brutes. I was closer to Locke: most people are okay, and it’s a few bad apples that tend t…

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