Hans Brinker

In Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates a boy puts his finger in the dike to prevent a flood. The tale is often used to illustrate the notion of trouble shooting problems before they get out of control. It also describes obsessive compulsive disorder. In this case the paradigm moves from management consulting to fantasy. Mumschsusen Syndrome by Proxy is a disorder whereby a parent treats a non-existing medical condition in a child. Prolepsis is when one answers a question that has yet to be asked  Anxiety is the common  denominator of all these pathologies. Are you someone who can’t get out if the house for fear it’s going to explode? Checkers posit a Groundhog Day of catastrophic thinking. It’s also comforting to have a reason for being and purpose, in this case getting the world under control.

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