In political circles and, more quietly, in boardrooms or meetings, the idea of “flip-flopping” has become a death sentence to power. When a person admits that new information has changed her perspective, we are quick to recoil as though every pronouncement or decision should be absolute and immutable. I reject the idea that beliefs cannot evolve with better information. Smart voters and smart colleagues understand that new information leads to new ideas or understandings and possibly new beliefs. The trick is admitting you know more than you used to and that smarter is better. Most people can
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