Learning something isn't the same as accepting it, necessarily. We don’t have to commit to agreeing with something before, or even as, we learn it. And often we can't evaluate some new piece of …
Do you know enough to not know?
How much knowledge do you need to have before it feels OK to say you don’t know? Seems like a paradox, doesn’t it? If we know quite a bit about something, we probably have a good idea just how much …
It’s not a question of whether you’re interested or not…
...it's a question of whether you need the knowledge. Sometimes we base our choice of what to learn about by what interests us, but actually to succeed in our goals, we need to learn about what's …
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Democracy or knowledge: Do we have to choose?
We’re brought up on the principle of democracy—one person, one vote. We’re also brought up on the importance of knowledge: “If you think knowledge is expensive, try ignorance” (to paraphrase Derek …
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Humility and influence
Do those with the most humility have the most influence? Or is vocalising knowledge and expertise an essential part of gaining the attention required to make a difference? Often it seems that those …
Are we too busy justifying ourselves to let knowledge in?
It's a curious thing... When we have someone with knowledge or authority in front of us, do we get them talking in order to learn as much as we can from their expertise? Or do we take more of the …
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