Miscellaneous

Autocracy: Rules for Survival. "Rule #1: Believe the autocrat. He means what he says. Whenever you find yourself thinking, or hear others claiming, that he is exaggerating, that is our innate tendency to reach for a rationalization [...]"

Useful for thinking about how rationalizing / justifying / normalization occurs:

I would describe this from @slatestarcodex as important but wrong:https://t.co/AvLZ2TIyNF

— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) November 17, 2016