Think before you speak

Children's literature is rich in wisdom and the works of Lewis Carroll are especially strewn with nuggets.

Lewis Carroll subtley introduces children to the ideas of path dependency ("Path dependence explains how the set of decisions one faces for any given circumstance is limited by the decisions one has made in the past, even though past circumstances may no longer be relevant") and sunk cost fallacy and the phenomenon escalation of commitment all in a brief exchange with the Red Queen.

From Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

'Don't let us quarrel,' the White Queen said in an anxious tone. 'What is the cause of lightning?'

'The cause of lightning,' Alice said very decidedly, for she felt quite certain about this, 'is the thunder— no, no!' she hastily corrected herself. 'I meant the other way.'

'It's too late to correct it,' said the Red Queen: 'when you've once said a thing, that fixes it, and you must take the consequences.'

"When you've once said a thing, that fixes it, and you must take the consequences" - Seems like Lewis Carroll had such prescience that he cast the Red Queen as the internet mob.