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Why do we fake expertise on the internet?

Parker Molloy
Jul 26, 2021
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There’s a bit in Bo Burnham’s latest Netflix special Inside, where Burnham, perched on a stool in the middle of a stand-up routine, pleads with his audience (which is only himself), to please, for one moment on any one topic, stop talking.

“Can anyone, any… anyone, any single one… can anyone… shut the f*ck up about anything — about any single thing?” sa…

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