People will ignore new information when they've already made up their minds or are too attached to their own reality (pretend sleeping), but can easily change t

People will ignore new information when they've already made up their minds or are too attached to their own reality (pretend sleeping), but can easily change their minds if they accept/are aware of their ignorance (sleeping). The use of "wake" here also implies an intention to /convince/ the sleepers of something, which doesn't really jibe with the rest of the article for me, where he equates humility with lack of desire for validation, but I think it could be interpreted more passively as well, eg. enlighten.