Mental Deconstruction

Complex systems are complex in part because of the way they evolve; that is just the nature of the beast. And so, while it’s important to understand why a particular system evolved as it did — to understand the financial, political, social, scientific, and psychological forces that shaped the way, for instance, that cancer is treated in this country — I find it useful to ask an entirely different question: if we were making this system up from scratch today, what would it look like? - Stephen J. Dubner



Mr. Dubner's process applies to far less complex systems than the treatment of cancer. Try applying it to your life, business, personal relations. I like to think of it as a mental demolition and rebuild. Mentally clear the lot and start all over from the ground up.