![]() ![]() ![]() I will keep it there struck through, so that you can see next week what context it appeared in, but here it is in uncanceled form: More precisely, it caused me to rethink an overarching claim I make in the chapter to follow on studies discourse. ![]() I say this, because Sousanis’s Unflattening, of which I will be critical below, changed my mind. But when the facts remain the same, as the world comes crumbling down around you–this is quite difficult to bear. Being wrong about a matter of fact, a simple datum, is easy to overcome, because quite often these misperceptions do little to alter your worldview. Of course, these are the moments when, psychologically, it’s hardest to simply be wrong, and any number of beautiful rationalizations drift into your awareness so as to justify why you do things the way you do and to alleviate the intense anxiety and embarrassment of being publicly exposed, even if only to yourself, as imperfect. I like to admit when I’m wrong, especially when a particular approach I have taken reveals itself to be fundamentally misguided. ![]()
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