CEFRO-Consultant

"Think Like a Freak", veut dire penser de manière plus efficace, plus créative, plus rationnelle aussi. Je viens de découvrir avec plaisir le dernier livre des deux auteurs bien connus par leurs publications précédentes (je ne les connaissais pas) lors de mon actuel séjour à Greenville, en Caroline du Sud. Voici plus loin quelques extraits. 

To think like a Freak means to think small, not big. (…)..many of us think we know more than we do. It has to do with something we all carry with us everywhere we go, even though we may not consciously think about it: a moral compass. Each of us develop a moral compass (some stronger than others, to be sure) as we make our way through the world. This is for the most part a wonderful thing. Who wants to live in a world where people run around without regard for the difference between right and wrong? But when it comes to solving problems, one of the best way to start is by putting away your moral compass. Why? When you are consumed with the rightness or wrongness of a given issue –whether it’s fracking or gun control or genetically engineered food –it’s easy to lose track of what the issue actually is. A moral compass can convince you that all the answers are obvious (even when they are not); that there is a bright line between right and wrong (when often there isn’t); and, worst, that you are certain you already know everything you know about a subject so you stop to learn more. (…)

Consider a problem like suicide. It is so morally fraught that we rarely discuss it in public...