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    Cover of Liminal Thinking

    Liminal Thinking

    Dave Gray · 2016

    Productivity & Self-ImprovementPsychology & Behavior
    Open LibraryAmazon
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    2recommend
    4mentions
    3people
    2016–2026years
    75% recommend25% neutral

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    1. adriano_fMar 2026
      This is a great point. I highly recommend "Liminal Thinking", which explains how what he calls "Battles for the Obvious" like this get started.
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    2. 3stripeDec 2017
      Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray.

      This is a good primer https://alistapart.com/article/liminal-thinking

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    3. 3stripeNov 2016
      Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray
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    4. O__________OOct 2022
      Agree, after thinking it over, believe it’s very similar to way author Dave Gray describes how people relate with one another in his book Liminal Thinking, which has a brief video on the topic:

      https://youtube.com/watch?v=WNAB3V80ZvU

      I would go further to even say that frequently people fail to understand the value of sticking to their construction of reality instead of compromising and acknowledging alternative realities, even ones that might in fact be provably false, but in sum produce less negative impact than forcing your reality upon them.

      One might even say that’s actually more reasonable than applying rigorous unwavering reasoning to everyone and everything.

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