How to avoid the "Panglossian trap" and make better decisions

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How to avoid the "Panglossian trap" and make better decisions

The internet is awash with platitudes. “Live, Laugh, Love,” “Keep Calm and Carry On,” and “Y.O.L.O.” The problem, as with any pithy quote, is that they reduce the complexities of life to Pinterest posts and souvenirs. They reduce all there is to the universe to a single mantra. Not only is this ridiculous, but it’s often hilariously disconnected from how things actually are. It can seem irritatingly churlish to say, but more often than not, the …