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by wwwwwwwwww 4214 days ago
this is definitely my favorite reply so far

i know lots of people personally and professionally who will go their entire lives believing with absolute fervor that they're almost always right and that they're smart.

as a result, these people stagnate like nothing you've ever seen. their world views, technical aptitude, attitude, and intelligence end up frozen in time, unbending and ungrowing. i've noticed that literally the most dangerous thing someone can admit to themselves is that they're smart or a worldly person.

by actively recognizing and admitting your imperfections, you give yourself the room needed to grow.

there's probably a Marcus Aurelius/Socrates quote hidden in this comment somewhere but i cant find it for the life of me

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I had the biggest arguments with people where we later found we were both right. You can be right without the other person being wrong, that's another point.