its a game, he tells me

frustrated at work today, being told not to think and to, in essence, just do as i'm told and pin the blame on the decision maker if need be, without regard to the very principle of the decision at hand, and then i open up my book tonight, picking up where i left off, to this:

"Faulty thinking is a result of two distinct but interwoven factors - the inability to think critically and a lack of will or power to do so may be lacking or formally restricted. For example, critical and creative thinking at the level of a large organization, say a corporation, university, or government department, is most often a result of a collective will or consensus. There may be good analytical or critical thinkers in the organization, but their opinions can often be stifled. Thus, we must also be aware of the role played by institutionalized censorship of truth, ideas, and ingenuity in the social patterns we may take to be the direct evidence of declining thinking skills...
I propose that modern America has evolved into a complex bureaucracy increasingly preoccupied with mastering rules and staying out of trouble, rather than one engaged by knowledge, progress, truth-seeking, and clear, innovative, analytical thinking..."

Michael R LeGault, "Th!nk"

ps i'll say it again as i did to my office mate when i hung up the phone, 'that man is my sanity, i swear to god'