
About this episode
It's tempting to view the world in black and white.
Everyone wants you to do that. It's easier to do that. It's more comfortable to do that.
But the world is more complex than that.
Many of life's most powerful truths appear entirely contradictory on the surface.
They are paradoxes.
Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory ideas that, when investigated or explained, prove to be true.
Over the years, I've compiled a list of the paradoxes I've observed. The complex truths that govern our lives and defy our desire for the default comfort of black and white.
Here are 25 paradoxes that will change how you see the world...
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