Bird-Brained Logic
Recalling a rule an old salt passed on to him when he first joined the navy – “If it moves, salute it; if it doesn’t, paint it” – paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould observes the costs in nature of either-or thinking.
        Individuals and companies stuck in binary logic are unlikely to
        prosper in the long run.

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