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What should I do? What would you do?

answers come from conversation

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Josh Slocum
Jun 04, 2024
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Many of us have come to rely on other people’s alleged expertise for answers to difficulties in our lives. As Americans (as Westerners?) we’re conditioned to ask “the experts” what to do. Whether it’s doctors, researchers, or public policy people, we believe that there is “an” answer, and that the experts know what it is.

The past few years have made th…

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