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One of the biggest enemies of a healthy mind is uniformity (lacking diversity or variation in its interactions). That is, having a homogenous interaction with the world and filtering out everything that does not fit one’s interests.
Imagine a John Doe who only watches horror movies, listens only to country music, eats only chicken, watches TV on a single network, spends all his vacations in Jamaica and all his friends are white, middle-class people from Madrid, Spain - and they have the same interests as him. Other than missing out on many of life’s experiences, this person is also narrowing down his outlook on life and the world around him. And not only will he be useless as the member of a focus group or as a consultant, but he will miss ideas that have the potential to improve him and his life, or the life of others. Read the rest of this entry »
