I had drunk our great cultural Kool-Aid about regret, which is that lamenting things that occurred in the past is an absolute waste of time, that we should always look forward and not backward, and that one of the noblest and best things we can do is strive to live a life free of regrets.

If it is sweet to be right, then - let's not deny it - it is downright savory to point out that someone else is wrong.

Wow. I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong.

without being sure of something, we can not begin to think about everything elses

The miracle of your mind isn't that you can see the world as it is. It's that you can see the world as it isn't.

The kinds of things that we can make mistakes about are essentially unlimited in number.

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