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I am often wrong

345 points · 226 comments · bcherny

  1. stopthe · · focus · HN ↗
    Wow. Is that the whispering earring story playing out in real life? I'd cringe if I'd found platitudes like that in my notes from the teenage days. Let alone flaunt it in front of the whole world.

    Can't wait to hear about this brand new approach from my managers and VP.

    1. InsideOutSanta · · focus · HN ↗
      I think if people are always told that they are geniuses, they stop being able to discern good ideas from bad ones. Then they end up writing things like this, thinking they're incredibly gracious for publicly admitting they can be wrong, and missing how the whole message comes across.
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