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People tend to overestimate their own capabilities especially when they watch something a lot without doing it themselves. One way this operationalizes is in public policy. People will look at some massive complex bill that was the result of thousands of hours of consideration and compromise and make a snap judgement on it. That's not to say politicians are always right. But we should try to be more confident of our own blindspots and lack of expertise.

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