How to be less wrong about Elon and everything.

Why we rush to judgment, how it messes with our choices, and what to do instead.

I am late to this. News cycles move fast; social media moves faster. But I don’t care. I need to work through this, and maybe you do too. It’s not just that Elon may or may not have made a Nazi salute: it’s about the way we make meaning of things. How we convince ourselves we know. How we jump to conclusions that feel solid but are built on air.

Meaning-making is a trap.

We are creatures obsessed with meaning. Someone doesn’t text back? They’re mad at us. A friend yawns when we’re talking? They’re bored. A billionaire raises his hand in a way that looks like something horrible? He must be that horrible thing.

I get it. We have to make meaning out of what we see to navigate life. But sometimes, we move too fast. We grab onto scraps of information because our brains hate uncertainty, and then we treat those scraps like they are truth.

We’re often wrong.

Think about how many times you’ve felt misunderstood. You meant something one way, someone took it another. It happens all the time, because…