Unchecked Convictions: Why Smart People Stop Updating

Most of our biggest arguments – about technology, politics, work, belief systems – aren’t just arguments about facts. They’re collisions between convictions: beliefs that have hardened beyond the evidence and reasoning that led to them. Many of these convictions go unchecked. They form under uncertainty, get reinforced by social incentives, and harden into identity. Over... Continue Reading →

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