CHAPTER 9
Triangulate Perspectives
The information explosion that drove today’s tremendous specialization shows no signs of stopping. One antidote to joining the ranks of the narrowly zoomed-in and focused is to adopt a generalist approach, one that seeks out multiple perspectives with the hopes of triangulating unique insights. Acknowledging that every perspective is, by definition, incomplete may enable a broader, more flexible, and open-minded approach to empathizing with others. It will also help us navigate the ubiquitous uncertainty that plagues our world today.
The Power of Multiple Lenses
Vantage Point,1 a 2008 movie starring Forest Whitaker and Sigourney Weaver, is a movie that replays the same twenty minutes surrounding an assassination ...
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