The world is full of information.

So much so, that it’s easy to think you know everything.

Such as this collection of random facts:

1. The ratio of ants to humans is 1 million to 1. For every 1 million ants, there is one human.
2. The tallest building in the world is currently (at the date of writing this) The Burj Khalifa, at 2,717 ft.
3. There are 6,500 dialects spoken across the world. (English and Mandarin are far and away the top two).

All data is seemingly at our fingertips. All we need is a smartphone and a nearby Starbucks.

But, there is a much larger collection of data that is not at our fingertips.

In fact, it doesn’t exist anywhere except inside people’s brains.

Hidden knowledge that never comes up.

Long-ago experiences, not readily shared.

Relationships between people that you never knew existed.

As humans, we are constantly creating information, whether we mean to or not.

Even as the amount of data in the world grows exponentially, the vast majority of it isn’t captured. It never will be.

Once you internalize this, you will realize that you need to assume you know nothing.

Because in most cases, you don’t know.

So if you want to be correct.

You must first accept that you know nothing.