Knowledge vs. Understanding
The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.
Malcolm Gladwell, in his book Blink
A decent, boiled-down pop psychology book that basically comes down to that point. We trust our judgment and critical thinking skills too much based on the endless supply of information at our disposal, then forget that the time investment required to understand that information is where the best, instinctive discernment comes from.
At least that’s what I got out of it.
- December 30th, 2008 at 8:15 am
- Category: Thoughts
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