Awareness in Charting Unknown Waters
No matter how difficult the circumstances may be, individuals, organizations and societies at large can always act to attain desirable outcomes. In this entry we review a few core aspects helpful in facing emerging situations. Professor Jared Diamond points to avoiding pitfalls like failing to anticipate a problem; failure to perceive it once it surfaces; failure to attempt to solve it after it has appeared; and failure to succeed in attempts to solve it. Let’s dive in quickl