The world is full of problems and conflicts. So why can we not solve them? According to Edward de Bono, world thinking cannot solve world problems because world thinking is itself the problem. And this is getting worse: we are so accustomed to readily available information online that we search immediately for the answers rather than thinking about them. Our minds function like trying to drive a car using only one wheel. There's nothing wrong with that one wheel - conventional thinking - but we could all get a lot further if we used all four.

In Think Before It's Too Late, De Bono examines why we think the way we do from a historical perspective and uses some of his famous critical thinking skills & techniques combined with new ideas to show us how to change the way we think