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Suck it up buttercup and don’t get stuck in a bubble of power

Margaret Heffernan, author of Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious At Our Peril, talks about why people choose to stick their heads in the sand.

Politicians need advisers who question their decisions and challenge their assumptions, so they aren't stuck in a "bubble of power," says Margaret Heffernan, author of the new book Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril.

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