A shadow gets sharper the closer you stand to the wall. Up close, things get clearer.

Detail is a function of distance. From across the street a person is a shape you fill in with guesses, and your guesses are built out of whatever you already believed. Move closer and the edges get specific, which is usually when the story you had about them stops fitting. Most of the people you are sure about are people you have only seen from far away.

Somebody you wrote off from a distance deserves a second look. Get closer this week, sit near them at lunch, ask one question you do not already know the answer to.