Widely-respected investor Charlie Munger on how to avoid falling victim to intense ideology and unclear thinking:
“I have what I call an ‘iron prescription' that helps me keep sane when I drift toward preferring one intense ideology over another. I feel that I'm not entitled to have an opinion unless I can state the arguments against my position... See more
Confront a problem and give a solution. Any human being will be remembered for the solutions they bring to this world. Life is about choice and you can choose to be part of the problem or part of the solution. Choose to work on bringing solutions to this world
I believe in a philosophy that says to win is actually not important. To be successful is not even important. How to plan and prepare is critical and crucial. When you plan very well, then success can come on your way. Then winning can come on your way
One way to discover broken models is to be stricter than other people. Broken models of the world leave a trail of clues where they bash against reality
distorting an opposing position into an extreme version of itself and then arguing against that extreme version. In creating a straw man argument, the arguer strips the opposing point of view of any nuance and often misrepresents it in a negative light.