Black-and-White Thinking Quotes

“Often, problems arise and dangers accrue not too fast for us to notice, but too slow. So we need to draw lines to prevent things from going too far.”
― Kevin Dutton, Black-and-White Thinking: The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World

“Polemical, conflicting, attention-grabbing headlines like these are the mainstay of the media. And with good reason. It isn't truth that grabs our brains. It is certainty. It isn't balanced, considered analysis that captures our attention. It is bold and confident assertion.”
― Kevin Dutton, Black-and-White Thinking: The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World

“If we need to press creases in reality to make sense of the world around us - turn grey into black and white - then how, precisely, do we know where to run our irons?”
― Kevin Dutton, Black-and-White Thinking: The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World

“Chess works because the board is black and white. Life works because our brains are black and white. But wisdom lies in knowledge of the grey.”
― Kevin Dutton, Black-and-White Thinking: The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World