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Quick Hits
10 random key ideas.
1.
Article summary:
The NPVIC, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, is an agreement among states to award their Electoral College votes to the winner of the nationwide popular vote.
2.
Quote:
- Roger Williams.
- 1648.
Meaning:
In disagreement, take control of your response instead of letting emotion or the last comment control where the conversation goes.
3.
From History: Everyone is equal.
A wise person understands that liberalism is the political idea that people should be free to live their own lives, protected by rights and restrained government.
4.
To think well, protect your mind from both kinds of propaganda: false stories designed to shape your first impression and rewritten stories designed to replace what you already know.
5.
Quote:
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
- 1755.
Meaning:
A Social Construct is a shared non-natural belief; created and maintained by groups; and they shape reality.
6.
From History: 6 Dec 1865
After the Civil War, the 13th Amendment ended slavery as a legal institution in the United States.
7.
Critical thinkers should judge the Republican Party under Trump by its behavior under pressure: does it protect cardinal virtues and is it bending toward authoritarian power.
8.
From History: 1903 to 1950, aged 46.
George Orwell wrote about how corruption starts when language is twisted, facts are manipulated, and authority demands loyalty over reality.
9.
Planck’s constant evolved from a mathematical fix into a fundamental boundary of our current understanding of reality.
10.
Orwellian thought grew out of Orwell’s early experience with empire, poverty, and class. It sharpened dramatically in Spain when he saw propaganda and betrayal inside his own side.
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