If there are 100 hours of work, and we have 10 workers, each worker is assigned 1 hour of work. Easy computation. The equation can be applied to less workers, more hours of work, the equation can be explained using wonderful graphs and charts. An otherwise complicated set of tasks are now promoted as success. Unfortunately, some workers are dusting off light fixtures in air conditioned offices, and others are sweating in deep in coal mines. Not all workers are the same.
We do the same thing to understand various people groups. There is no way to meet each individual, and understand their role. So we assign generalities to understand all of that group. Often we ascribe attributes from what we have heard instead of what we know. Perhaps what we heard applies to some, but certainly not all of "them". Yet other than critically examine our assumptions, we rail and shout on the street, in the media and in person. Its so much easier that way. And it feels good to be part of a like-minded crowd, all shouting the same slogans.
Race, color, religion, and political affiliations are all fall prey to what we think we know.
Will each worker produce an hour work in an hour? How do i know which one is being productive, and others only doing 10 minutes of work? We have to know them as an individual. Evaluate their performance through a one-on-one relationship. Get to know the person and their individual attributes become evident.
How do we get to know everyone on the face of the earth? Well, we can't. So our only alternative is to "check our assumptions". Realize that what we see isn't the whole story. Perhaps our thinking is guided by what someone else is promoting. Maybe there are good people being caught up in a bad situation. Don't be one of them.
I like the division of labor and will gladly outsource tasks (as others outsource tasks to me in exchange), but I don't outsource my ethics nor my agency. I reserve the right to think critically about everything.
Density of thought.
If there are 100 hours of work, and we have 10 workers, each worker is assigned 1 hour of work. Easy computation. The equation can be applied to less workers, more hours of work, the equation can be explained using wonderful graphs and charts. An otherwise complicated set of tasks are now promoted as success. Unfortunately, some workers are dusting off light fixtures in air conditioned offices, and others are sweating in deep in coal mines. Not all workers are the same.
We do the same thing to understand various people groups. There is no way to meet each individual, and understand their role. So we assign generalities to understand all of that group. Often we ascribe attributes from what we have heard instead of what we know. Perhaps what we heard applies to some, but certainly not all of "them". Yet other than critically examine our assumptions, we rail and shout on the street, in the media and in person. Its so much easier that way. And it feels good to be part of a like-minded crowd, all shouting the same slogans.
Race, color, religion, and political affiliations are all fall prey to what we think we know.
Will each worker produce an hour work in an hour? How do i know which one is being productive, and others only doing 10 minutes of work? We have to know them as an individual. Evaluate their performance through a one-on-one relationship. Get to know the person and their individual attributes become evident.
How do we get to know everyone on the face of the earth? Well, we can't. So our only alternative is to "check our assumptions". Realize that what we see isn't the whole story. Perhaps our thinking is guided by what someone else is promoting. Maybe there are good people being caught up in a bad situation. Don't be one of them.
Yes, be a critical thinker.
I like the division of labor and will gladly outsource tasks (as others outsource tasks to me in exchange), but I don't outsource my ethics nor my agency. I reserve the right to think critically about everything.