I could be wrong

Reader conversations, Frank Luntz, and Moore's Law. Also, 7 other things worth your time.

Here’s a simple truth: Sometimes I’m wrong, and I have to change my mind.

I’m not saying that I’m constantly wrong. And I’m also not so convinced of my fallibility that I don’t have firmly held convictions. I do.

But remembering that I could be wrong about things I’ve come to believe, and even admitting that possibility to people I disagree with, usually makes life easier. It certainly defuses tensions.

The subscriber list for this newsletter seems to be really diverse—liberal and conservative, wealthy and not-so-wealthy, young and used-to-be-young. And a great benefit of that is the wide range of conversations I get to have with people.

Lately, I’ve had some really great discussions as a result of the last half dozen or so newsletters—via email and in phone calls. (I like doing phone calls with readers; I learn a lot.)

Some of these debates have really challenged me, pushing me in different directions all at once. I hope I’ve done some positive challenging, too.

We’ve debated things like…