The Totalitarian Ego
The authors of “Mistakes were made (but not by me)” approvingly cited Anthony Greenwald‘s 1980 journal article “The Totalitarian Ego: Fabrication and Revision of Personal History” (American Psychologist, July 1980, … Continue reading
Naive Realism
Now this is the hard work. Taking your knowledge that other people’s views are shaped by their experiences, that they have filters over what they are willing to consider as … Continue reading
Not extra-ordinary, but infra-ordinary
Joe Moran is this cool academic anthropologist of daily life, who also gets stuff in the Financial Times (pauses to wipe tear from eye at how much he’s missin’ the … Continue reading
Thoughts versus “felts”
Johnnie Moore has a blog post about David Bohm. In part it reads. Elsewhere in his work, Bohm sets the bar high in his definition of what constitutes thinking. He … Continue reading
Are you seeing the world arights?
From management-issues.com… So, you’re having a conversation. Everything started off well. But all of a sudden, the conversation derails, beset by misunderstandings, confusion, talking at cross-purposes and the like. Why … Continue reading
Mindware
Via Keith Stanovich’s “What Intelligence Tests Miss” I’ve come across David Perkins and his concept of “Mindware“. If reflective intelligence is the target of opportunity, then we should examine its … Continue reading
“Externalities,” or “beware the meta-framing”
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” Sign on Albert Einstein’s door. It’s become standard (rightly) to point out that there are … Continue reading
The Birth of a Prenotion
Zygmunt Bauman is way cool. Always a source of insights and imagery. I must get round to posting the interview I did with him over ten years ago… Anyway, here’s … Continue reading
The Hidden Traps in Decision Making
The Hidden Traps in Decision Making Harvard Business Review November 2000 by John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa This article takes a closer look at the importance … Continue reading
Ideological Enclosure
I use this expression to refer to the situation which arises when an individual or group sees everything from the perspective dictated by the ideology. Any individual or group of … Continue reading
Intellectual Self Defence 