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    <title>Lamentations of a Tired Citizen</title>
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      <title>It took me a while to realise this, but common sense, logic, rationality...?</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[It took me a while to realise this, but common sense, logic, rationality...? These are not widely accepted in the thought process of a normal human being. &#xA;&#xA;In fact, human beings are rooted in emotion, ego and arrogance. The first, while not a negative aspect of humanity, leads to the other two in a direct causality. And that, in turn, leads to the downfall of common sense. ]]&gt;</description>
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<p>In fact, human beings are rooted in emotion, ego and arrogance. The first, while not a negative aspect of humanity, leads to the other two in a direct causality. And that, in turn, leads to the downfall of common sense.</p>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 18:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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