tl;dr: the danger of reinforcing old thought patterns

I wish there were a way for me to save my current list of Twitter followers to a backup file.

Like a “snapshot” of a hard drive for a future restore point.

The reason that I want to do that is that, right now, my feed is full of confirmation bias when it comes to my views on crypto.

I see things like

It’s great and, of course, I love to see it, but it tells me what I already believe.

I’m thinking about this because I recently attended a presentation by Adam Grant who wrote Think Again who said that the most successful people, those who are truly able to change their minds in the face of new information, are those who have “meta-cognition.” In other words, they are able to think about HOW they think…and then do something about it.

I know I think that cryptoeconomics will eventually be the predominant form of economic value transaction in the future. I also know that I like to read those who agree with me.

However, knowing that I do that, it is my responsibility to make sure that I don’t fall into my own echo chamber and not listen to the reasonable, well-thought out, but opposite views of others, like my former economics professor, Steve Hanke, minus the editorial comments, of course.

It’s not easy because we all get attached to our current worldviews, but Think Again is about precisely that, constantly challenging our world views and being flexible as new information arrives.

So, yeah, if I could back up my current list and replace it with a “smart crypto unbelievers” list for a month, I would do that.

Maybe I will.

Thinking again, it seems, is easier said than done.