One might argue that a great deal of the thinking going on
in government, at least in the United States at the moment, is convergent. The way that
members of one party or another are expected to toe the line and go along with the
wishes of the party rather than doing what they think is best or doing what their
constituents want creates a painful dialogue of us vs. them when, in reality, the
situations or decisions that are presented this way are far more nuanced and would be
more effectively addressed by divergent thinking.
Divergent
thinking could be used to come up with new solutions rather than the two currently being
proposed which consist of cutting spending or raising taxes. Though some variation of
those probably has to happen, there are likely a number of different and valuable ideas
that could be proposed if divergent thinking was more encouraged among the
lawmakers.
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