3. Our unsettling failure to connect the dots We often identify, and attempt to deal with, problems in isolated terms. But many of our most urgent problems are, in fact, linked, and making progress in one area can often yield advances in another. Connect the dots among the following problems: Median household income peaked in 1999. Rising health-care costs cripple economic competitiveness. Millions of jobs in some industries are being wiped out by technological advances and operating efficiency (robots on assembly lines, for example), while whole new industries spring up, creating millions of new positions. There were 3.7 million private-sector job openings in October, for example, that went unfilled because companies can't find workers with the right blend of skills and education.
Causes are many, tis true - but the root cause? Undisciplined thinking, too much time spent on funny cats and dogs and celebrities without makeup and not quite enough time spent on evaluating our heuristics and simply thinking. Guilty as charged, I don't even know how I managed to see, and read, this article buried among all the important funny animal pictures.
5 disturbing trends you should pay attention to in 2013 - The Week