Modern Wisdom · 2026-10-15 · 98 min · 21,782 words

9 Harsh Truths No One Wants To Admit - Shaan Puri - #1163

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But you know. Um I don't know, I just kind of observed that one day. That that A lot of the way the world works is a small group of people who have uh some sort of idea or an agenda. Um, and by the way, this is not always nefarious. They just might they maybe they believe that this product is really great or that this way of living is really great.

But the way we transmit that to society is this weird f food chain. This like it's like If Aliens came and observed this ecosystem, these how these animals work. It's like it seems like The sort of s the smart ones seem to somehow bribe the the beautiful, attractive ones with the big feathers.

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