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My premise about change is that building people’s independent thinking capacity is, in and of itself, a social responsibility, one that will have more far-reaching and enduring consequences than any targeted effort to change material conditions.
Carol Sanford • No More Gold Stars: Regenerating Capacity to Think for Ourselves
Could the evolution of the PFC in humans have been responsible for the emergence of what the Taoists called yu-wei – for purposive, goal-oriented thinking?
Jeremy Lent • The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe
new ways of thinking can flourish in urban societies with the right mix of freedom, free money (from philanthropists or universities), argument and disputation.
Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
these mindsets can shift as a conversation unfolds.
Charles Duhigg • Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Fortunately, no matter how deeply a fixed mindset is ingrained in a person, it doesn’t have to be a permanent condition as they might believe. Mindsets are malleable and can be taught. It turns out old dogs can learn new tricks.
Peter Hollins • The Science of Self-Learning: How to Teach Yourself Anything, Learn More in Less Time, and Direct Your Own Education (Learning how to Learn Book 1)
it is easier to act and cooperate effectively when you understand the human mind, understand your own mind, and understand how to deal with your inner fears, biases and complexes.
Yuval Noah Harari • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
It should not be surprising that the facts of human progress confound the major -isms. The ideologies are more than two centuries old and are based on mile-high visions such as whether humans are tragically flawed or infinitely malleable, and whether society is an organic whole or a collection of individuals.43 A real society comprises hundreds of
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