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		peterkshultz on Jan 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartpho... You should check out the book "On Bullshit" by philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt. He develops a similar theory.

staticautomatic on Feb 1, 2019 [–]

Frankfurt's theory/definition of bullshit has literally nothing to do with fluff.

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