I didn’t care to read all of this because by BS sensor tingled and it can all be summed up in a word: holism. You can be intensely focussed with a holistic min

I didn’t care to read all of this because by BS sensor tingled and it can all be summed up in a word: holism. You can be intensely focussed with a holistic mindset in the exact same way you can be intensely focussed with a diagnostic mindset. It’s not about being closed or open minded (macro/micro mind being synonymous). You can focus on the whole or you can drill down to one of the parts. The focus in both cases is equal, you just have different objectives in mind. You’re either looking at all of it, or looking at some of it.