“When you change your mind in public and if you’re a public figure and public intellectual, your friends hate you and your enemies hate you more. You would think if you said, ‘I was wrong, I actually agree with these people,’ [former opponents] would welcome you with open arms. But that’s not the way the world works. They sense weakness in you and they pounce. And so when someone would break ranks or change sides, often you’re alienating everyone all at once.”
