In Praise of Nuance in a World that Values Black-and-White Thinking

At times, we all have to opine on difficult subjects: at work and outside of work. 

And when doing so, because we understandably are affected by our leaders, we may be tempted to use what works for politicians: reducing complexity to black-and-white sound-bites and sounding very sure of ourselves. Often, that mitigates against the required nuance.

As a modest attempt to encourage all of us to move toward more nuance, and hopefully to make the case in a way more interesting than lecturing at you in typical how-to article style, my PsychologyToday.com article today offers what an nuanced set of responses to an interview of a presidential candidate might look like.