X is not about Y

Read Robin Hanson’s “Politics isn’t about Policy” as an introduction.

Robin Hanson

• “Bank Politics Is Not About Bank Policy”
• “Talk Is Not About Info”
• “Fat Policy Is Not About Health”
• “Parenting Is Not About Kids”
• “Homo Hypocritus Signals”
• “‘About’ Isn’t About You”
• “There’s Always Subtext”

Gwern Branwen

• “Terrorism is not about Terror”
• “Culture is not about Esthetics”
• “Charity is not about helping”

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