Instead of striving to be right at high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures.

— Edward de Bono Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas (1992)

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