Why even the smartest people on the planet can think really dumb things

‘Cultures that celebrate exceptional intelligence eventually begin to mistake intelligence for infallibility.’

Not too long ago, I listened to tech investor Jason Calacanis on a podcast. He confidently made a number of strange assertions, including that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could easily be resolved with some land swaps and that the U.S. government had no business regulating mergers and acquisitions because it can’t predict the future.