Yeah, I had trouble getting through Consilience. It has some good concepts, particularly the consilence of information from different sources coming together in a way that reinforces each approach ... be it scientific or humanities.
... Gould uses the metaphors of the fox and the hedgehog to describe approaches to human problem-solving. ...
I also participated in some of the
Occupy protests, and found their system of working towards consensus rather than majority opinion to be the best take-away. Something our political system could benefit from.
Enjoy