Old maps had blank spaces marked unknown. It’s honest to admit what you haven’t explored yet.

Admitting the blank space is more honest than filling it with a guess. Old maps marked the parts nobody had been to, and that mark was a true statement about the mapmaker rather than about the land. People do the opposite now and talk confidently about things they have not examined. Saying you do not know yet is not weakness, it is an accurate description of where your edges are.

Say it once this week, out loud, in a class or a conversation. Then pick one of your blank areas and read a single thing about it.