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What works is not perspective-taking but perspective-seeking: actually talking to people to gain insight into the nuances of their views.
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Field Report #9: Excerpting Instead of Processing
#Critical Thinking
To think differently, Ask Foundational Questions: Ask and answer questions that expose and vet underlying assumptions and logic.
What's the real problem you are trying to solve?
What's your hypothesis? Why?
What are your core assumptions? Why?
What evidence do you have?
What are your core options?
What alternatives exist?
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Ross Dawson • Thriving on Overload: The 5 Powers for Success in a World of Exponential Information
Modernity conditions us to think in only a singular, linear layer based on an objective description of reality. In this context, contradictions and paradoxes are perceived as an impediment to sustaining linearity, progress, and coherence, and need to be eliminated. This severely limits our capacity to develop discernment and to hold space for a ran
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different ways of thinking
Sarah Wong • 1 card
Remember: Limiting ourselves to binary thinking before fully understanding a problem is a dangerous simplification that creates blind spots. False dualities prevent you from seeing alternative paths and other information that might change your mind. On the other hand, taking away one of two clear options forces you to reframe the problem and get un
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