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Trust Individuals. Do Not Trust ‘Mankind’

The goal is not to convince everyone. The goal is to leave. (DN 4.13)

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Christopher Cook
May 29, 2025
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To place the following exploration in context and not bury the lede, these are the arguments I am making in this piece:

  1. We are better off taking a cautious, constrained view of mankind in the aggregate,

  2. It is still possible to love and enjoy people in spite of that cautious view, and

  3. The divergent opinions of, and threat posed by, other human beings is one…

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