We are very good at generalising from quick experiences. A restaurant owner in Paris runs in the rain across the street to buy me an umbrella. After that I have this image of really nice Parisians. I know it was a one time experience. It will not happen again in Paris and in no other city either. But the image of the nice Parisian will never go away.
Why can we not use this kind of quick learning to learn from the mistakes of past generations?
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