The power of unconventional thinking – TED Talk by David McWilliams

Being an avid listener to the David McWilliams podcast I heard that his TED Talk has reached over 1 million views. It is well worth a look as he does make some very good points suggesting that poets and artists are better at forecasting future events in that they allow themselves to think outside the square. He quotes W.B.Yates’s poem ‘The Second Coming” and says that ‘the best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity’ relating this to the political environment today. Also Leonard Cohen said “There is a crack in everything. And that is how the light gets in.” which suggest that if you look into the cracks that’s where we’ll see the big picture. He goes on to talk about groupthink and overconfidence where it is hard for individuals and institutions to be wrong about something when they are so used to being right. We should all listen more to unconventional thinkers as their alternate perspectives are often overlooked.