I Saw A Cop Looking At My ‘Veterans Against Trump’ T-Shirt. Then He Started Walking My Way.
December 23, 2025
The human brain is a classification machine (it has to be to survive), but it can also be incredibly lazy. Psychologists call it heuristics: those quick, energy-saving shortcuts that let you spot patterns and threats without thinking too hard about them. They’re efficient in the wild, when a rustle in the grass might mean danger, but in a coffee shop, they mostly just expose how fast we build…





