We all love lists of things that make the complex simple. 10 best songs of the year. 7 habits of highly defective people. 96 or so ways to leave your lover. With all due respect to Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. The reason may be rooted in our minds' need to categorize and classify in order to function in everyday life. Modern civilization takes this to an extreme, but in pre-history it seems like it would be pretty useful. I want to know the three plants that would make me really ill if I tried to eat them.
It bears mentioning that my previous day's post was in fact, a list. It won't be my last either.
With these facts in mind, I will say that I am reading "The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking" by Berger and Starbird. It is a good, quick read that probably clarifies concepts that we all would consider commonsense anyway. I will also note that it happens to be on a reading list of at least one of the courses at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. Thus, perhaps, at least one of our academics thought it would be helpful for our students.
It bears mentioning that my previous day's post was in fact, a list. It won't be my last either.
With these facts in mind, I will say that I am reading "The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking" by Berger and Starbird. It is a good, quick read that probably clarifies concepts that we all would consider commonsense anyway. I will also note that it happens to be on a reading list of at least one of the courses at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. Thus, perhaps, at least one of our academics thought it would be helpful for our students.
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