If we only learn from mistakes, is it possible to avoid them altogether?

[Anonymous]

I made mistakes
I can't even say for sure what they were
Things just compounded
Maybe my motivation was wrong
Too motivated by material things
Now maybe my mistake is too sensitive about what people think of me lol

[SueShe]

It is possible to avoid them but people rarely do learn from their mistakes.

Best example would be the US foreign policy. Since the Vietnam war where the US learned the hard way that invading foreign countries was a bad thing, it has learned absolutely nothing for more than 60 years and the US still invades countries in 2026 (Venezuela, Iran just to name 2 of them).

What have the leaders learned from past mistakes? You are absolutely correct. They are repeating the very same mistakes over again.

The same thing applies for individual humans. One would think that a mistake has taught not to do it over again but this is not true.

[LazerBean]

Yes it is, because we do not have to only learn from our own mistakes. So you can learn from other people's mistakes and avoid them yourself.

[123459876]

TBH most people have no idea that you even exist unfortunately in this new society but I wouldn't worry about what other people think they don't pay your bills

[Asker]

Yes that was my next question
Do you care about what people think
I mean do you adjust your behavior when you consider what others will think?
I mean obviously yes?
After a while it becomes automatic?

[123459876]

And it's really quite silly to try to change who you really are to accommodate someone else

[Nikki1989]

Humans don’t learn like computers; mistakes are built into the process.