> ... in the tech industry, with our motto of “strong opinions, loosely held” (also known as “strong opinions, weakly held”), we’ve glorified overconfidence. N

> ... in the tech industry, with our motto of “strong opinions, loosely held” (also known as “strong opinions, weakly held”), we’ve glorified overconfidence. No. That the opinions are (or should be) “loosely / weakly held” means precisely that we aren't (or shouldn't be) overly confident in them. Congratulations on writing an entire essay on how you didn't understand a wide-spread expression.