My research partner and I have been collaborating for two years and we've hit this strange place where we can anticipate each other's thoughts so well that I worry we're not actually thinking anymore — just confirming what we already believe. We both sense we need to inject some productive disagreement or outside perspective into our work, but we're so comfortable with each other that we don't know how to create the right kind of intellectual friction.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two minds that have learned to work in harmony are discovering that intellectual comfort can become a barrier to deeper insight.
“Where Are You with Attention and learning — the depth dimension?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.