During World War II, the British developed covert radar technology enabling night plane interceptions, masking it with a propaganda campaign attributing pilots' success to consuming more carrots for improved eyesight.

The author invented the neologism "Carrot Problem" to refer to this type of false excuses people use to hide the true cause to their success.

I'm deeply moved by this article. I can't say how much I do feel the same way about ongoing decadent of humanity. The world has been more material than ever, and yet the people are a lot less alive nowadays.

No "outsourced" TL;DR for this article. You should to read it on your own.

Theories, laws, effects about psychology and society (e.g. Murphy's law).

the Dunning-Kruger effect has nothing to do with human psychology.1 It is a statistical artifact — a stunning example of autocorrelation.

<blockquote>Common wisdom says depression starts in the mind with distorted thinking. But newer models suggest depression starts when the body initiates a defense strategy to help us survive.</blockquote>