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In a tight, enlightening narrative, Leah Hager Cohen explores why, so often, we attempt to hide our ignorance, and why, in so many different areas, we would be better off coming clean. Weaving entertaining, anecdotal reporting with eye-opening research, she considers both the ramifications of and alternatives to this ubiquitous habit in arenas as varied as education, finance, medicine, politics, warfare, trial courts, and climate change. But it's more than just encouraging readers to confess their ignorance--Cohen proposes that we have much to gain by embracing uncertainty. Three little words can in fact liberate and empower, and increase the possibilities for true communication. So much becomes possible when we honor doubt.
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I don't ever say I don't know. Maybe it's part of being a librarian or maybe it's my supercilious personality, but I just don't say I don't know.
I'm stopping. From now on, I will bravely admit my ignorance. I will try.
This tiny little book, a long essay really, has inspired me. Just do it. Say it. Here goes. I. Don't. Know.
There. That feels better already.
So let me start this review over...
I don't know what to say about I Don't Know....
How does that sound? More honest, anyway.