Imagination and open-mindedness are the core characteristics of a successful thinker, but they also create the space for unchecked emergence of false beliefs.
“Now if you’ll just look right here…”. A sudden flash. You blink, wig snatched, and Tommy Lee Jones fills the blank with a new story. Instead of an intergallactic crime, you’ve witnessed a gas leak or a flash of light refracted from Venus. The audience laughs, its absurd, just sci-fi gadgets. Except, there might be more truth to it than you would have expected.
“You can achieve anything you want.” Unfortunately, some people take this statement very literally. The truth is: “No, you cannot just take Greenland, Mr. Trump.” Ambition needs to be balanced with realism, otherwise it becomes dangerous rather than empowering.
