To have someone challenge your beliefs and prove you wrong is one of the greatest gifts you can have. Most people, whether they are religious, neo-atheists, left or right, they choose a belief system and they stick to it. They start hanging around with people who have similar beliefs, they go to lectures of people with the same ideologies as them, they only read those books that agree with them and they usually end up in a circle jerk which makes them feel good about themselves but will never allow them to think freely. I know because I've been there. But once you allow your mind to start accepting other beliefs and you start to understand how your mind works, your critical thinking starts to develop and eventually you even learn to challenge your own beliefs and ideologies.

I want to believe that my thinking is much more free than it was 3-4 years ago but I still have a long way to go. A better understanding of politics, economics and how the market works will be the next step for me.

Thank you for your book suggestion. I will read it over the weekend!