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Given the temptations waiting at maturity, self-deception is the 'seeming-easy' choice; or you can ask: "How do I regain responsibility for my self?"

假定人变成熟时会遭到种种诱惑，自我欺骗似乎就是一个很简单的选项，或者你会问，“我怎样才能重新承担起对自己的责任呢？”

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It's a deception, as far as I can discover.

就我所知，这是一个骗局。

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We have what I called, "the great deception".

我们正在经历我所谓的“大骗局。

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Certainly true, but I believe that an even greater problem is the self deception that is indicated by their use of financial models of any kind.

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