On becoming less full of shit
This post is inspired by a series of articles that Dan Williams wrote on the subject of “becoming less left-wing.” While I found that series interesting in several respects, it seemed to me unlikely to influence its presumptive audience, because most people on the left have no desire to become less left-wing, indeed they usually feel morally obliged to maintain their current political convictions, and are vaguely apprehensive about aging, precisely because they can see the effect that greater life experience has had on others.