CTech's Book Review: Understanding the continued process of learning

Author: John Brockman

Format: Book

Where: Home

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The book is part of Edge.org series of thought-provoking questions posed to influential people across the globe. In this book, they ask 150 people from different disciplines the question posed in the title, and they provide their answers with explanations on the reasons that made them change their minds, while also taking an honest look at the mistakes they have previously made based on previous thought. I strongly recommend reading all the books in the Edge series.

You need to be open to change - whether it’s your mind and thinking, actions, processes, or even culture and behavior. Eventually, the world is much more complex and multi-faceted, and sometimes you need to understand that at some point in time you may have had one understanding of something, and a few years/months/days later, you discover additional information or a new point of view, and you need to be able to change your mind and adapt based on this. This is the only way that you can grow and be better. It’s also a good lesson to be modest and understand that you don’t know everything and that learning is a continual and constant process.