We Believe What Protects Us and Our Tribe

We wish to see ourselves as rational beings, not blind to our emotions and prejudices. We see ourselves as having clear and even brilliant insights into ourselves, politics, the economy, raising our children, handling our love lives, and determining how our favorite sports teams ought to be managed. That our “brilliance” only increases with liquor should have been a warning, but our biases are deeply camouflaged in our need to see ourselves as correct and justified.