tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201225084160897401.post5646453303249422339..comments2023-09-11T01:40:09.733-07:00Comments on Fab Blogsworth: What we can learn from the X FactorSeb Elsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903528377229318743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201225084160897401.post-82900729639412438092009-11-18T15:55:14.799-08:002009-11-18T15:55:14.799-08:00Btw, in the spirit of this post, I am a frickin...Btw, in the spirit of this post, I am a frickin' great conversationalist.<br /><br />What are you great at?Tom Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18084635506060600298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201225084160897401.post-25161934569455650062009-11-18T15:52:40.425-08:002009-11-18T15:52:40.425-08:00Agree 87%. We are undoubtedly a more diffident cul...Agree 87%. We are undoubtedly a more diffident culture than in America. However, one word of caution is that self-belief is great as long as it is correct. If your basketball playing friend wasn't actually any good, then that makes her a poor judge of herself. To extrapolate it further, American politics, as it is reported over here, often seems very ideologically polarised. An unshakable belief in being right means that nuanced debates about policy such as healthcare het lost in a sea of red herrings. <br /><br />I'd rather we were more self-confident individually, and perhaps as a society. But I'd also hate to loose the suspicion that we hold for demagoguary.<br /><br />That's as coherent as a 11:50 comment can be!Tom Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18084635506060600298noreply@blogger.com