Suspend Force Feeding, Create Compelling Feast

Snookers are invited to join in a new thought experiment that leapt to mind in wee-hour-of-the-morning comments.

Get to work on those entry ideas . . .you know you’ve been waiting for this day to arrive! Source material for a jump-start might include The Thinking Parent (parts one, two AND three) and edge.org:

To arrive at the edge of the world’s knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves.

Or think The Deviant’s Advantage as challenger in a School Network Iron Chef grudge match against The Logic of Failure:

Common ingredient for this title match? Compulsion of course.

In his 2002 book The Deviant’s Advantage, Wacker suggests that our current society is undergoing relentless, all-encompassing change, which will do nothing but accelerate. This constant change results in an “Abolition of Context” — the inability of business and society to find commonly agreed upon reference points.

“Context is the framework, the structure, the collective common understanding that allows us to live our lives and run our businesses,” Wacker writes in his book. “Take it away and it’s all but impossible to know what’s the right or wrong action to take.”

Such a situation makes it more difficult for companies to create commercially viable, long-lasting goods and services. This environment also creates stress, anxiety and confusion for the individual. With social mores constantly shifting, people seek a “proliferation of perspectives” to make sense of the world.

Credibility, a traditionally reliable context as it has been viewed until now, is dead, Wacker says. “Knowing what other people think news means, in many layers, is more important.

Suggested grand prize protocol, for this multi-course Thinking Citizen menu of questioning compulsion? How about a knowledgeable, balanced blend of visceral, practical and emotional appeal, presented on crisp beds of regional wit and wisdom, seasoned with some secret sauce from that old family recipe –

and served not because you’re compelled to clean your plate, but because your educated palate just can’t resist a taste.