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 There is no cure to cancer. That’s the whole point. So you do what you can to avoid creating an environment for cancer. And if you get it, then your options are limited. Rare to heal. Often have to cut it out.

Also - magic/mysticism/narrative are more useful than economics because we’re human. That’s why the left has won so much. They understood that, and they shaped culture.

We fell asleep at the wheel thinking those things don’t matter. But they do. So we need to produce our own narratives. Stronger / better / more vital ones 
 The non-autist part of the population (the majority) operates on emotions and feelings, not rationality, logic and facts.

Failing to "sell" one's ideas might not make them less valid, but certainly less impactful. 
 Good distinction