Slashdot highlighted this fantastic collection of responses to that question, posed by the Edge World Question Center to a wide (and impressive) array of people. I was unknowingly familiar with previous work of this organization, having read and enjoyed What We Believe But Cannot Prove. Apparently this is an annual exercise, with this year’s question being “What have you changed your mind about?” A few of the responses include Georgetown Provost James O’Donnell’s telling us that he’s “stopped cheering for the Romans“, Douglas Rushkoff explaining why he isn’t so sure the Internet will change people anymore, and Alan Alda revealing that he’s changed his mind about God. Twice.
It’s a fascinating set of responses, and I suspect I’ll be spending a decent bit of time reading them over the next week. It happens that I’ve been working on getting my old archives (both from previous solo efforts and group blogs) into shape for adding here, and it’s given me reason to consider my changing political principles over the years. I hope my own (eventual) writing on the subject can be as thoughtful as some of these responses.