12∞ · Question 11.8.12
Why is it so hard for a person, or a nation, to admit having been wrong?
Because identity is at stake. Individuals and peoples alike live by a story about who they are, and an admission of serious wrong threatens that story.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
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- 11: How Humanity Got Here
- Gate
- 11.8: The Psychology of Going Along
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- Page 379
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