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		mieses on Aug 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How to be less argumentative online? Interesting. The highest ideal in western culture is truth, not harmony.

asdff on Aug 25, 2019 [–]

Truth can make you miserable, especially when you have no agency to deal with it. Ignorance can be bliss.

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