“I don’t understand why some of the most obvious things are so lost on so many people.”
Public Opinion, by Walter Lippmann explains it beatify.
This is a free download.
https://archive.org/details/PublicOpinion
In essence, none of us see the actual world. We see tiny pictures of the world that we’ve drawn in our heads. Some people have realistically detailed pictures with a high degree of accuracy. Others have cartoon sketches. But the sketch artist will act as though his picture is the real thing.
That makes a lot of sense. I’ll check the link. Thank you.