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Hidden Motives Pervade Major Institutions

Beyond personal hypocrisy, the deviation between our stated reasons and actual motives pervades major social institutions like school, medicine, voting, and art — which means we should reconsider what these institutions are actually for, whether we should subsidize them, and how we should structure them.

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Speaker

Robin Hanson

Evidence Quote

“so far people haven't taken that insight to our major social institutions and that's what we think is new and original about our book”

Source

119 - Hidden Motives— Making Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:08:54 AM

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