Binary Thinking is destroying the World
summary
Claim: binary thinking is fracturing politics and workplaces and costs learning and progress. Evidence: a quoted tweet asserts 95 percent approval to illustrate rhetoric that ignores facts. Methods introduced: polarity mapping (Dr. Barry Johnson) and examples from Thinking in Bets and Factfulness. Practical steps are mapping upsides and downsides of each pole, defining early warning signs, setting monitors and actions, and leveraging tension to stay in both and thinking that preserves skills, cohesion and progress.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:38How we form our beliefs
- 3:22Binary thinking
- 8:19How people feel
- 9:29Two faces
- 10:22Autonomy
- 11:43We need both
- 13:14The common goal
- 14:00Polarity mapping
- 15:06Overfocusing
- 15:39Interdependent pairs
- 16:26Managing tension
- 20:22Outro
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