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Tip-Off #79 - Uncommon sense

Tip-Off #79 - Uncommon sense

"The first thing we learn when we see from the perspective of another is that we are not innocent." - Timothy Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom

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It takes others to know ourselves. We become aware of our biases and shortcomings by imagining ourselves in someone else's shoes and looking at the world through their eyes.

In "The Road to Unfreedom," Timothy Snyder goes on to say, "Authoritarianism begins when we can no longer tell the difference betwee…

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