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Sensemaking from the narratives: the world goes BOOM in the last week of May 2020

Sensemaking from the narratives: the world goes BOOM in the last week of May 2020

History in the making or a magician's sleight of hand?

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Ben Reid
Jun 02, 2020
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This week feels like we’ve lived through a whole year’s worth of major global events in 7 days. Is this actually history in the making, or a magician’s sleight of hand, misdirecting attention from the real trick?

Fundamentally: it’s impossible for a human brain to adequately sensemake from the volume and velocity of narratives we’ve been exposed to this…

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