When you know it all...

posted by Jeff | Tuesday, January 1, 2008, 11:20 PM | comments: 0

"...it becomes nearly impossible to look beyond what you know and think outside the box you’ve built around yourself."

NY Times - Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike

What I find fascinating about this is that being ignorant is more like having a wealth of knowledge than one would think.

Still, I've seen so much of what they describe in my various jobs. Even as a programmer, it's hard to throw away what you already know works, when there's a better way. What a challenge to modify your thinking.


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