We can be so invested in our beliefs, even if we suspect they are wrong. The incorrect vision of the world may actually deliver some benefit to them. Francis fuku yama is recalling his change of mind on the irak war. "A lot of my friends were very heavily and ah, on the other side, i lost a lot of them"
There are a lot of barriers to changing your mind: ego, overconfidence, inertia — and cost. Politicians who flip-flop get mocked; family and friends who cross tribal borders are shunned. But shouldn’t we be encouraging people to change their minds? And how can we get better at it ourselves?