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The Precautionary Principle reflects the reality of working with and within complex systems. It shifts the burden of proof from proving something was dangerous after the fact to proving it is safe before taking chances. It emphasizes waiting for more complete information before risking causing damage, especially if some of the possible impacts would be irreversible, hard to contain, or would affect people who didn't choose to be involved.
— The Precautionary Principle: Better Safe than Sorry?
Explore Your Curiosity
★ "It's not so surprising that attention can occasionally distort our knowledge of things. We're all familiar with the experience of overthinking something. If you've ever been engaged in a long and complicated project, you'll know what it's like to spend all of your attention on one thing, and be left with a vague feeling that you now understand it much less than when you started."
★ "Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas. Logic will never change emotion or perception."
— Edward de Bono (source)
Timeless Insight
"People prefer their sources of information to be highly correlated. Then all the messages you get are consistent with each other and you're comfortable."
— Daniel Kahneman
Tiny Thought
One way to spot a poor thinker is to see how many of their decisions boomerang back to them. If poor thinkers make poor decisions it stands to reason those decisions will eventually create more problems. More problems consume more time, leaving them even less time to think about new problems.
The time used to correct poor thinking comes from the time that could be used for good thinking.
Good thinkers understand a simple truth: you can't make good decisions without good thinking and good thinking requires time.
Good thinking is expensive but poor thinking costs a fortune.
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Stay safe,
Shane
P.S. This made me smile.
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