6.6K views · 106 reactions | Much like President Trump has said his critics suffer from “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker says the administration itself may be suffering from Harvard Derangement Syndrome. “They seem to be obsessed with Harvard,” Pinker tells “On Balance.” “We didn’t try to get into the administration’s sights, but they have taken a bead on Harvard.” #Harvard #Trump #Politics | NewsNation | Facebook

20K views · 423 reactions | Trump's approach is qualitatively different than what we've seen before. As we see in the appointment of a crackpot as the Secretary for Health and Human Sciences, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and as we see in the imposition of tariffs that no thinker in their right mind could endorse, there's a lot of just pleasure in watching things burn. (From a Reason interview with Nick Gillespie in April.) | Steven Pinker | Facebook

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On the "greater fool" strategy and common knowledge. More on this in my new book: When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . . Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life: https://bit.ly/3FgucEQ "In ordinary investing, you buy a share of a company because the company sells something at a profit, and you hope to take a share of that profit. In speculative investing, you buy it not because of the profit of the company, but because you hope that you can unload the shares