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Et au cours de ses années passées à affronter les grandes questions qui nous divisent – politiques, sociales, religieuses – Jacobs a appris que nombre de nos différends les plus féroces ne surviennent pas parce que nous sommes condamnés à être divisés, mais parce que les personnes impliquées ne \u003ci\u003eréfléchissent\u003c\/i\u003e tout simplement pas. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e La plupart d'entre nous ne veulent pas penser. Penser, c'est des ennuis. Penser peut nous forcer à sortir de nos habitudes familières et réconfortantes, et cela peut compliquer nos relations avec des amis partageant les mêmes idées. 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Pensez à la façon dont l'Empire State Building est passé d'une esquisse au joyau de la skyline de New York en vingt et un mois, ou comment l'iPod d'Apple est passé d'un projet avec un seul employé à un lancement de produit en onze mois.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCe sont des histoires merveilleuses. Mais la plupart du temps, les grandes visions se transforment en cauchemars. Vous vous souvenez du « Big Dig » de Boston ? Presque toutes les grandes villes du monde ont un tel fiasco dans leur arrière-cour. En fait, pas moins de 92 % des mégaprojets dépassent le budget ou le calendrier, ou les deux. Le coût du projet de train à grande vitesse de Californie est passé de 33 milliards de dollars à 100 milliards de dollars — et n'ira même pas là où il était promis. Des entreprises plus modestes, qu'il s'agisse de lancer une petite entreprise, d'organiser une conférence ou simplement de terminer un projet de travail à temps, échouent également souvent. 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