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hubristic





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“In my view, this decision is not only truly unfortunate but also hubristic and senseless.”

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2025

As Karl Popper, the great theorist of the open society, argued, we shouldn’t try to solve complex problems with grand hubristic plans.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2023

In this tension of opposites he sees an invitation to practice humility, a perspective that stands in contrast to California’s centuries-long, hubristic efforts to dam up, divert and tame rain and runoff.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2023

Paul Reichmann, who died in 2013, was widely seen as the company’s ambitious, perhaps hubristic, deal maker.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2022

The hubristic longings of a child seminarian were to carry Europe out of the cloister of medieval thought.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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