I'm A Lier

Paul Graham, a computer programmer and entrepreneur I follow and admire has penned a great thought provoking article on the lies we tell kids. It’s a long read for an online article, but worth every word.

The first step in clearing your head is to realize how far you are from a neutral observer. When I left high school I was, I thought, a complete skeptic. I’d realized high school was crap. I thought I was ready to question everything I knew. But among the many other things I was ignorant of was how much debris there already was in my head. It’s not enough to consider your mind a blank slate. You have to consciously erase it.

I’ve been out of high school for almost 15 years and I’m still trying to figure out how to operate the eraser…

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