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Apr 26, 2022Liked by John Jalsevac

Just this. Thank you. What a freeing perspective. It dovetails with my newly found credo to also shut up more, since I could be wrong more than I know.

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Excellent! You might enjoy my 7 rules for arguing (https://betweenthepa.ws/p/my-7-rules-for-arguing?s=w) where I made a similar point: "Be not only willing, but joyful to be shown that you are wrong about something, since that means you have just uncovered for yourself new beauty."

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Apr 26, 2022Liked by John Jalsevac

Great post. When I read Think Again, I could really see how my ego reacted to anything that could potentially be seen as a threat. It is a constant exercise of trying to appreciate the feeling of revisiting these old "truths", and looking at them from a different perspective. Taking some advantages of our brain plasticity.

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