Steven Johnson, in his stimulating book, Emergence, offers a quote by the futurist, Ray Kurzweil to emphasis the importance of pattern formation and recognition.
Because each individual neuron is so slow, [Ray] Kurzweil explains, “we don’t have time to think too many new thoughts when we are pressed to make a decision. The human [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Our brains need slow thinking and community
Posted in dialogue, slow thinking, tagged brain, dialogue, Johnson, Kurzweil on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
welcome to slow thinking
Posted in slow, slow thinking on March 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So many people I met with last year were busy
busy with deadlines, and immediate demand, and deliverables and urgent things
too busy to do what they actually thought was not only important, but also more interesting – thinking.
So with a good group of people (Graeme, Jane, Paul) the ’slow thinking movement’ started.
“Movement’ may be a [...]