Photographs can reveal something to us, and they can also conceal things. - Errol Morris

If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative for ourselves that we actually believe. I’m not saying that the truth doesn’t matter. It does. But self-deception is how we survive.

I am profoundly skeptical about our abilities to predict the future in general, and human behavior in particular.

The fact that photographs are silent is only one reason why we mistakenly assume they aren’t saying anything.