In 2002, best-selling author Michael Crichton delivered a speech titled “Why Speculate?” The entire speech is worth reading, but I want to share one point that’s of particular relevance today. In it, Crichton described a theory he called the “Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia effect.” Gell-Mann was a friend of Crichton’s and a physicist, and Crichton named the idea after a conversation the two had shared. In short, it's a quiet trick our brains play on us, and it's never been more relevant than it is...