Experience teaches, again and again, that while we possess certain unique abilities that can transform society for the better—pattern detection, information recall, laser-like focus—those skills are almost inevitably overshadowed by our social missteps. By our inability to intuit others’ perspectives while perceiving our own as obvious, singular, and without need of explanation. By our own impulsivity—hyperbolic, almost heliotropic reactions to glimpses of what may (or may not) be kindness. By believing others to be as transparent as we think we are. By trusting their intentions will be
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