Think about how steering versus staying in your lane works on a straight road. In both cases friction is what allows forward movement, but also produces constant small sideways forces. Going straight = using physics to passively stay pointed ahead.
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To get back from the analogy to the conceptual point: thinking for yourself means consistently surprising people with new angles, whether or not there is new data to work with, to the point that others start following you.
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You turn into a leader attracting converts from existing narratives, and craft a new one that treats the existing narratives as the terrain. You don’t fit their ideas of ‘lanes’ (tribal partisanship paths) because you are laying dynamic new ‘weaving’ lanes at the next level.
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So to think for yourself, you need intelligence yes, imagination, yes, but mainly you need nerve. And if it works, the willingness to lead. At least for a while.
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