Coming from a libertarian perspective -- I personally have developed certain "universal principles" about personal liberty and freedom that have remained basically unbroken for a long time. World events come and go, some tend to confirm my beliefs, others can be challenging -- principles of "free association" in particular can be tough to maintain when there's a global pandemic...

At most times and places in human history there has been tension between the "conventional" and "heterdox" worldviews -- this tension is, I think, mostly productive. Heterodox pushes against aspects of the conventional worldview that don't fit objective reality anymore, then "heterodox" goes too far and you get Charles Manson / Donald Trump / cancel culture, and we need to hew back to "conventional" again.