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Week U | Wednesday | The laws of stupidity

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Dr Rachel Morris
Nov 15, 2023
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The deeper and farther the UK falls, the more I become aware of a terrible tension: between how we’re raised to try to be, the kind of people we want to be – or be seen as – and the kind of world we want to live in and leave behind us.

Kind, well-raised, considerate human beings don’t call other people “stupid”, right? Not only is it a hurtful and offens…

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