Originally from Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation

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We live in a society where admitting a mistake can be very scary, for anyone, due to cancel culture. People are often literally afraid they could lose their jobs, their reputations, and even their family relationships because of the time they misspoke or just simply made an error. Or perhaps they are espousing a viewpoint or following a practice that someone they trusted taught them yesterday but now is known to be harmful today.

Of course, big changes are inevitable. Even a document as robust as the U.S. Constitution had to be amended to provide for something as self-evident as equal rights based on sex or race. Through hindsight, we take for granted how lost people were not to realize it was wrong to ever maintain these prejudiced disparities. Yet day-today, when faced with similar errors, it can be hard to see past the constraints of the present landscape, acknowledge the errors of the past history, and take steps in the right direction for the future.

Professionals across every discipline are rightfully scared of cancel culture coming for them, so what does that mean about collaborating through problems today?