Modesitt's 'Mindsets': Article Analysis
Michael L. Moon
Human Diversity
Dr. Mancz
September 5, 2014
Article Summaries
In Modesitt’s “Mindsets”, the author told stories of different situations, in which individuals will have an opinion or “mindset” made up on different matters, but would not look at the other side reasoning. The author states the mindset is “an established set of attitudes held by an individual” which often cause problems because the person starts to develop a “long – established or firmly held mindset make it impossible to see beyond one’s own assumptions and beliefs”. For example, one situation he talked about was an individual who said that “the sea leaving was raising”, but the individual said that “the people could move”. The person who stated that question about moving, never once thought if the family had enough money to move, where can they go, and among other things (Modesitt, 2014). …show more content…
Modesitt states that, “getting locked into your mindset so tightly that you cannot see beyond it is almost inevitably a recipe for sort of disaster” because “it is impossible for them to see problems, especially problems that others faces” therefore, the author wanted individuals to think about people problems first before coming up with a solution that would not help that individual or be even considered, by that individual, because it does not help their solution (Modesitt,
Human Diversity
Dr. Mancz
September 5, 2014
Article Summaries
In Modesitt’s “Mindsets”, the author told stories of different situations, in which individuals will have an opinion or “mindset” made up on different matters, but would not look at the other side reasoning. The author states the mindset is “an established set of attitudes held by an individual” which often cause problems because the person starts to develop a “long – established or firmly held mindset make it impossible to see beyond one’s own assumptions and beliefs”. For example, one situation he talked about was an individual who said that “the sea leaving was raising”, but the individual said that “the people could move”. The person who stated that question about moving, never once thought if the family had enough money to move, where can they go, and among other things (Modesitt, 2014). …show more content…
Modesitt states that, “getting locked into your mindset so tightly that you cannot see beyond it is almost inevitably a recipe for sort of disaster” because “it is impossible for them to see problems, especially problems that others faces” therefore, the author wanted individuals to think about people problems first before coming up with a solution that would not help that individual or be even considered, by that individual, because it does not help their solution (Modesitt,