Logophobia

There are two main instigators of change, one stemming from overanalysis, one manifested by an inability to fully grasp the gestalt of something. The first is specialization - when an individual cannot handle the entirety of a topic, he or she will then transfer all their resources and knowledge into one specific aspect of that topic. When this specialization occurs, questions that are not considered by the generalists will be raised and answered by the specialist. It's a classic quality over quantity scenario.

The other is when an individual becomes too familiar with his or her analysis of a topic. This results in fetishism, or forced change. As this person is already wholly cognizant of his or her metaphorical landscape, they change it. Usually this change is forceful and initially quite awkward. It takes many experiments that one's mind must toy with, one by one, before a conclusion can be reached, and only then is growth to be had.

That elusive thread that is wound about these two shortcuts to change is specialization through choice, not by force. When mankind can handle both the macro and the micro, the gestalt and the details, the massive and the minute, then can mankind achieve a more perfect intellectual stance.