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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
course, we want to encourage acquiring knowledge, but the first step is understanding what we don’t know. Neuroscientist Stuart Firestein’s book Ignorance: How It Drives Science champions the virtue of recognizing the limits of our knowledge. (You can get a taste of the book by watching his TED Talk, “The Pursuit of Ignorance.”)
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learn. If knowledge is power, knowing what we don’t know is wisdom.
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Saying “I don’t know” is a beautiful thing!
It is rare for a single person to attain a full understanding of a complex problem.
Yet, many of us feel like we must know it all.
In a society that rewards knowing it all, you must find the courage to say, “I don’t know.”
Embrace what you don’t know.
The faster you are willing to say, “I don’t know,” the fast
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A dose of complexity can disrupt overconfidence cycles and spur rethinking cycles.