SOLVE THAT PROBLEM

With humans as a herd animal it is not unexpected that they will join those they believe think alike. The corollary is decrying any philosophy which does not match your own. Within a problem solving context this is unlikely to be a helpful approach. Where do you start?

Country wise our long lasting dilema is between what is seen as democracy on the one hand and in its simplest form communism on the other. In one way not rational under an ethos of love thuy neighbour, killing your own people bad: killing other people in war, OK. If looking at both sides of the argument, those Noah left behind to drown when he sailed off on his ark could not have all been bad.

The point being made is that to solve an issue, one has to look at the opinions of others not just your own before you can have a debate. Oh, you say, but what happens when one side is obstinate and won't bend. To this Jordan Peterson suggests to first disarm the other side by introducing something you can both agree on so that once you have an agreement on ONE thing, you can move the conversation forward.

So OK, then what about a confrontation with China? Well again it is all about maintaining a dialogue so at least you agree against a world war or blowing each other up but then there has to be compromise from each side like, for you stop spying on me and I'll stop spying on you while we build reciprocal trade. While a large area to cover, one can see the principal. The main thing seems to be at least keep dialogue going. The walk away of, you criticise us and we won't buy your wine might be a PR win but as in commerce, is no more than part of negotiation where they still want your coal more.

Which aligns one's position back to personal interests and what does more for you whether you take a YES position on inclusion of a constitutional Voice for aboriginals in Australia on a feel good principle or a NO because you see it as irrelevant with only around 5,000 full blooded aboriginals left.

And this gets back to this overall FEEL GOOD principle which while driven to some extent by personal economic benefit is overshadowed by how people FEEL, this becoming a suggested central part of problem solving. Which then in advising companies/governments, experience shows how those running the show generally know what if anything is wrong in the organisation and mostly understand how to fix it. Often these people just don't have the power to make the changes. So the postulate out of this problem solution is get to the people who actually run things, learn from them, push a bit with some ideas and enable them with the power to move forward: and everyone will secretly thank you...