Time to Think: Listening to Ignite the Human Mind by Nancy Kline
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
What kind of book is this?
This is an expository work; more specifically, it is a practical guidebook.
Rational & Why I read this book
2021 is my year of ratio & will. I try to read various books on rationality, discipline, and thinking in general. How to foster good thinking in groups seemed to be a good fit; I also anticipated some learnings to apply at work.
The unity of the book — what is the book about as a whole?
This book introduces the "thinking environment" — an environment where everyone is enabled to think for themselves — and the ten components that according to the author are needed to build such an environment. It explores how to build such a "think tank" and how it fits into society at large.
The book's structure
The book has four parts:
1. A Thinking Environment: Its Ten Components
2. Creating a Thinking Environment
2. The Thinking Society
3. A Thinking Future
One particular lesson
A nice statement I want to remember:
"Until we are free to think for ourselves, our dreams are not free to unfold."
Judgement & Recommendations - Who should read this?
I appoint it a 4 out of 10 (⭑⭑) on my personal rating scale: rather bad; finished, but definitely would not give it a second read. While I find a few good thoughts here and there, I would not recommend it.
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My rating: 2 of 5 stars
What kind of book is this?
This is an expository work; more specifically, it is a practical guidebook.
Rational & Why I read this book
2021 is my year of ratio & will. I try to read various books on rationality, discipline, and thinking in general. How to foster good thinking in groups seemed to be a good fit; I also anticipated some learnings to apply at work.
The unity of the book — what is the book about as a whole?
This book introduces the "thinking environment" — an environment where everyone is enabled to think for themselves — and the ten components that according to the author are needed to build such an environment. It explores how to build such a "think tank" and how it fits into society at large.
The book's structure
The book has four parts:
1. A Thinking Environment: Its Ten Components
2. Creating a Thinking Environment
2. The Thinking Society
3. A Thinking Future
One particular lesson
A nice statement I want to remember:
"Until we are free to think for ourselves, our dreams are not free to unfold."
Judgement & Recommendations - Who should read this?
I appoint it a 4 out of 10 (⭑⭑) on my personal rating scale: rather bad; finished, but definitely would not give it a second read. While I find a few good thoughts here and there, I would not recommend it.
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View all my reviews on Goodreads