EDWARD DE BONO'S MESSAGES - 14th February 2000

'new language for thinking'

When I launch my "new language for thinking" later this year, there will be howls of hysterical outrage. The guardians of culture are the writers, book reviewers etc. They will be mightily upset that someone is daring to challenge the competence of language. They are word merchants and chained to that very limited thinking game.

That I shall be suggesting that "language is the biggest barrier to human progress" will upset them. And yet anyone who knows anything about self-organising systems (which they do not) will fully agree with me and even consider it an obvious thing to point out.

So the progress of society is severely limited by its word-based guardians. Will that ever change? It is up to those who see this danger to put more muscle into making that change happen!

Edward de Bono nmt
13th February 2000
Geraldton, Australia