It’s New Year’s Eve, about 38 hours ago. Dinner with seven very cool people … and me. Excellent company, fine wine, and decent food! Alas, at the table almost everyone had a phone at the ready, and when the discussion veered off into uncertain territory, fingers started moving, seeking answers.

And then … the person most of us knew least well said “do we need to have the answer?” He went on:

Is it necessary for us to get answers to every question? Can’t there be stuff we just don’t know?

Wow! What an odd, interesting, and refreshing perspective. Leaving phones at the table aside—and with the knowledge that I’m as bad an offender as anyone I know—how did we