Comic #3530: 2015-01-15

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Panel 1: "FRIENDS" ARE THE PEOPLE LEAST LIKELY TO HAVE NEW INFORMATION. NEW INFORMATION CAN BE USED TO INCREASE WEALTH. AND YET, PEOPLE ASSOCIATE MORE WITH FRIENDS THAN NON-FRIENDS. WE CALL IT "THE COMPANION PARADOX."

Panel 2: In social science, "paradox" is jargon for "obvious to everyone else."