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The Broccoli Analogy

We Are Not What We Think We Are

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Nathan Knopp
Jul 31, 2023
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TL;DR The greatest secret in history is the lost connection between finance, religion, and drugs. This secret can be visualized with an allegory—in this case, a head of broccoli. The idea is that main broccoli stems fork into many smaller stems the closer you get to the florets. The relationship between big stems and many smaller stems illustrates the i…

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