This is True 1494: Try To Be Less Wrong

(aka Avoiding Idiocy)

Other Good Reading: Gurwinder, a “Writer exploring the ways we are fooled in the Digital Age,” is superb at boiling down ideas into just a few sentences. Such as, from the linked item, 7. Epistemic Humility: “Instead of trying to be right, try to be less wrong. Avoiding idiocy is easier than achieving genius, and by beginning from the position that you don’t know enough (which you don’t), you’ll gain more awareness of your blindspots and become harder to fool.” Boy, ain’t that the truth, and so many of these “concepts” are brilliant, and each is linked to a page that explains it more, if needed.

It’s from 40 Useful Concepts You Should Know from The Prism on Substack. (If it pops up a subscribe screen covering the list, just click “No Thanks” — or, heck, like me you may even want to subscribe; there are free and paid options. (Via 7 Takeaways #111.)

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