Ignore the Talking Heads: Build a System That Works

Most people are stuck in a mental trap Orwell described in the book 1984…

Doublethink.

Remember the Party slogans?

“War is Peace

Freedom is Slavery

Ignorance is Strength.”

That’s doublethink in action. Holding two contradictory ideas as true because some authority figure told you so.

And let’s be real: it’s alive and well today. As long as an "expert" in a suit says it, whether it’s CNN, Fox, CNBC, Bloomberg, whoever, most peopl…