I’ve been thinking about the Dunning-Kruger effect, and I’m pretty sure I’m an expert on it.

For those of you that don’t know, the Dunning-Kruger effect is the idea people often overestimate how competent they are.

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This explains why I was most self-assured at the age of 16, when I believed I knew everything about politics, relationships, and how to do laundry (answer: get Mom to do it).

In the years since, I’ve mastered the art of being slightly wrong with absolute confidence. I consider this failing upward.

This is how I once assembled a bookshelf without........

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