Finally there has been some rock solid proof for global warming.
Is global warming really a problem? Why don't we just shave the bears?
The reality of global warming is a hot debate topic right now. Many solutions to global warming seem to be as short sighted as shaving the bears. Unfortunately many problems that arise in our everyday life are approached with this same bear shaving technique.
Let's define "shaving the bear" as the efforts we go to do deal with the symptoms of a problem instead of addressing the cause of the problem.
Example: putting a sophisticated queue management system into the Department of Motor Vehicles so that people waiting in line feel like it's less of a mob. The DMV is guilty of bear shaving on so many levels but the mobs of people that waiting in their complex series of lines does not make visiting the DMV any less painful. The productive approach would be to redefine what actually happens in the DMV so the line itself disappears.
Example: A couple winters ago when my in-laws roof started leaking they decided to deal with the symptom instead of the cause and put a tarp on the bad part of the roof. This did not fix the problem... this is shaving the bear. Now 3 years later they still have a leaky roof and a tarp on their roof held down with bricks.
Step one to eliminating bear shaving: Dealing with the symptoms of a problem is not enough. You have to find the root cause.
Borrowed from Seth Godin
Example: putting a sophisticated queue management system into the Department of Motor Vehicles so that people waiting in line feel like it's less of a mob. The DMV is guilty of bear shaving on so many levels but the mobs of people that waiting in their complex series of lines does not make visiting the DMV any less painful. The productive approach would be to redefine what actually happens in the DMV so the line itself disappears.
Example: A couple winters ago when my in-laws roof started leaking they decided to deal with the symptom instead of the cause and put a tarp on the bad part of the roof. This did not fix the problem... this is shaving the bear. Now 3 years later they still have a leaky roof and a tarp on their roof held down with bricks.
Step one to eliminating bear shaving: Dealing with the symptoms of a problem is not enough. You have to find the root cause.
Borrowed from Seth Godin
