As a writer, the best mindset is to be unafraid.
Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
We aren't, as human beings, very good at acting in our best interest.
Both Jim and I are interested in the limits of conventional decision-making. The idea that an expert will give you the best outcome -- we think that's inadequate. You need a whole palate of different strategies. We're critiquing the same narrow ideology.