“The problem with voting is that because your individual vote makes very little difference, you're voting with a mass of others, you have very little incentive to take care in carefully considering what your vote would mean.” MeanLittlesProblemCareIndividualDifferencesMassVoteTake CareVotingConsideringIncentives Author:Jason Brennan
“When I'm crossing the street, I look both ways and I process the information rationally because if I make a mistake I get hurt, but when I cast a vote, kind of regardless of how I voted, doesn't make a difference and that's sort of a recipe for uninformed and irrational voting.” IfsWayLooksKindProcessDifferencesHurtMistakeStreetsInformationVoteCastsMaking A DifferenceVotingIrrationalRecipesCrossingsUninformedCrossing The Street Author:Jason Brennan
“For some reason when it comes to democracy, we seem to think that political knowledge doesn't make any kind of difference or we shouldn't say that it does, like it would hurt people's feelings.” PeopleThinkingKindDoeReasonFeelingsSeemsPoliticalDifferencesHurtDemocracy Author:Jason Brennan
