thinking about thinking

Life is certainly much simpler when we agree with each other, but it’s also more prone to illusory thinking.

Intellectual grace is a necessary caveat because it’s a gateway to the cognitive frontier. You can’t really be honest with people who will think you’re a bad person if you disagree with them. Fear of callous retaliation, however subtle, limits your capacity for truthful conversation. Like the writer who stumbles into all kinds of dead ends, you... See more

metacognition is “thinking about thinking” or “knowing about knowing.” It’s being aware of your own awareness so you can determine the best strategies for learning and problem-solving, as well as when to apply them.