10 Minutes to Wisdom, Ep2: The Trial of Socrates

We’ve built an entire social economy dedicated to making sure no one ever has to be uncertain again. Everything is algorithmically served to us, so we only hear from people we already agree with. Being wrong in public is just about the worst thing that can happen to us. So we never admit it, nobody changes their mind, and everyone just gets louder. Socrates went looking to be proven wrong. In fact, he turned it into a lifestyle. He walked up to the most confident men in Athens and asked them to explain themselves, and he didn’t give them a pass when their answers fell apart. And a jury executed him for it. But for Socrates, seeking truth was the only thing worth living for.