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"it takes huge introspection to learn the 30+ hours spent on the news last month neither had any predictive ability during your activities, nor did it impact your current knowledge of the world. this is similar to our weaknesses in our ability to correct for past errors. like a gym membership taken to satisfy a new years resolution, people often think it will be the next batch of news that will really make a difference to their understanding of things"
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Fooled by Randomness