Overcoming Self-Deception
Timothy emphasizes the importance of being uncomfortable and paying attention to investigative journalists to avoid cynicism and self-deception. Jordan adds that self-deception and laziness are seductive habits, but overcoming them is part of being a free person. The chapter discusses how the framers of the constitution worried about Americans' tendency towards tyranny and the need for appropriate institutions such as the free press to alert us.In this clip
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585: Timothy Snyder | Twentieth-Century Lessons on Tyranny
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