The premium on insight.


Premium.Reward; amount, or instalment, payable for an insurance policy; fee for instruction in profession &c ; charge for changing one currency into another of greater value; a bonus, a bounty, something beyond the amount claimable. (Latin, praemium reward).

Insight. Mental penetration.

Mental. Of or in the mind.

Penetration. Acute insight.

Acute. Sharp, pointed; keen, penetrating, shrewd, slever, coming sharply to a crisis, not chronic.

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Is there a premium on insight?.....Yes, I think there is a premium on insight. I think so.

Do you put a premium on insight?.....Yes, I think I do put a premium on insight. I think that is what I do.

Do you think I put a premium on insight?.....It is without knowing what you think, but I suppose so. Yes, I think you do.

So do you think we all put a premium on insight?.....That follows. I guess that follows really. I'm not all that surprised by that somehow. I think that's how we all are. I think. I know I am. Certainly I know that.

So what do you mean when you say insight?.....I think I mean understanding.

So is there a premium on understanding?.....Well, that is certainly true, but somehow it isn't quite what I think we mean here, I mean I don't know about you, but that isn't quite it for me, you know.

So by insight you mean more than understanding?.....Yes, I think so. But then again perhaps I mean just different. Just, like, different from understanding, but that sort of thing somehow.

How is that?.....Well, I think different is the word really. I mean, it all seems to hang around that somehow. Something different. New almost. Like having a new perspective. Yes, that is it better.

So are you happy with insight as a new perspective, perhaps a new way of seeing even?.....Yes, I think so.

There seems to be an emphasis on newness here, is that from me, or do you feel it too?.....I hadn't noticed it, and I started to object, like rather in my mind at first, but now I see it a bit more and you are right. That is so for me. The newness. I don't like that word.

It leaves me wondering about insight and newness somehow - - -.....Yes, there is a bit about newness here. But I think I was happier with difference. About having something different.

So if we go back, perhaps not a new perspective, but a different perspective|?.....Yes, that's it. That's exactly it. The premium is stuck on somehow..attached almost to the idea of difference.

So there is a premium on difference?.....Yes. I am happy with that I think. It feels a bit unfortunate almost. Dressed down like that it seems. But that is how it is for me certainly.

I don't quite follow, unfortunate?.....Well, it's about groups really. About training in groups, or even just groups. The premium on difference. Almost like training people to disagree. And that being hidden.

That is a new perspective for me, if you will pardon me, and certainly different. So in training we are training to disagree?.....Yes, that is how it seemed to me suddenly. And inevitably. The premium on insight is exactly the phrase needed now. If you understand.

There are some other parts here. You said 'hidden' I think?.....Yes. Well, it is isn't it? I mean no one says it's about training to disagree do they. I mean peace, love and institutionalised argument?

I think I see what you mean. Is it argument or disagreement?.....Well, the difference is slight. It seems to depend too much on individual personalities. Some people can disagree, others just have to argue.

Disagreement and difference. How do you link them?.....It's about understanding, if you see what I mean. I'm only kidding. But understanding is about it. Partial understanding. A premium on being different, understanding in parts, even misunderstanding in parts.

Misunderstanding?.....Well, partial understanding, excuses for differences. I guess that's not helpful is it. I'm just getting cynical I suppose.

Cynical?.....How does someone trained to differ, to find new perspectives, act when confronted by a client. I don't know. I'm not sure there is an answer somehow. I guess empathy goes out the window. Bit of a sham isn't it. Is it really a process of training, even correction, to our own viewpoint? I don't know. But cynical. Yes, cynical.

Are you happy to leave it there.....Yes, well, no not really but I'm not happy to follow it any further for now, if you see what I mean..... Yes, I think I understand you. It is rather a lot to think about in one lump isn't it.