Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense

So we stand now at a crossroads. Can we live with the fact that neither professional forecasters, nor historians, nor profiles, nor even DNA can untangle the systemic complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity of our lives? All of our ancestors did so. Or is a more predictable life – calmer, easier, with less fear of error or surprise – too tantalising

If we are building principles for politics, we need approaches which are relatively fortified against human error and the rampant human tendency for self-deception, and which can transcend our own tendencies for excessive “us vs. them” thinking.