…“A lack of expertise becomes problematic when it’s combined with extreme overconfidence, and with society’s tendency to reward projected confidence over humility.” Again, a serious problem in our society today.

Christopher Allen

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This is true in general but is not commonly accepted: “the strongest attractor of trust shouldn’t be confidence, but the recognition of one’s limits, the tendency to point at expertise beyond one’s own, and the willingness to work as part of a whole” https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/pandemic-confusing-uncertainty/610819/

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Christopher Allen

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…“A lack of expertise becomes problematic when it’s combined with extreme overconfidence, and with society’s tendency to reward projected confidence over humility.” Again, a serious problem in our society today.

5/3/2020, 12:02:18 AM

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