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SEBASTIAN BAILEY + OCTAVIUS BLACK ~ GUIDELINES FOR BOOSTING YOUR CREATIVITY ~ MINDGYM ~ 2014

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~ HAO ~ HAVE AN OBJECTIVE

~ ASOP-O-APTS-GITOOCUWSTINOOBAW ~ A Sense Of Purpose – Or – A Problem To Solve – Greatly Increases The Odds Of – Coming Up With Something – That Is Not Only – Original – But Also – Worthwhile

~ EATLTGI ~ ESTABLISH A TIME LIMIT TO GENERATE IDEAS

~ TMPMPP-B-SPOHYPB ~ Too Much Pressure Makes People Panic – But – Some Pressure Often Helps You Perform Better

~ GFQ ~ GO FOR QUANTITY

~ MIB-PB-YNKWYAGT-DSG-A-PB-B-GFV-YFYT-TWR ~ More Is Better – Partly Because – You Never Know When You Are Going To – Discover Something Great – And – Partly Because – By – Going For Volume – You Force Yourself To – Think Without Restrictions

~ D-J/E-YI-AYB ~ DON’T – JUDGE / EVALUATE – YOUR IDEAS – AS YOU BRAINSTORM

~TITHRTST-AIAGIBATMYHTYDKWTML ~ This Is The Hardest Rule To Stick To – All Ideas Are Good Ideas Because At The Moment You Have Them You Don’t Know Where They Might Lead

~ WD-O-R-YI ~ WRITE DOWN – OR – RECORD – YOUR IDEAS

~ IYD-YMEUSAYTTTRT-P-AITWWNMB-T-S-B-F-AAI-L ~ If You Don’t – You Might End Up Spending All Your Time Trying To Remember Them – Plus – An Idea That Won’t Work Now May Be – The – Spring-Board – For An Amazing Idea – Later

~ LHA ~ LOVE HALF ANSWERS

~ Y-MOG-MCF-LAETTYL(BWQSW)-G ~ Your – Moment Of Genius – May Come From – Letting An Earlier Thought That You Liked (But Weren’t Quite Sure Why) – Gestate

HAROLD JOHNS ~ THE POWER OF STORY ~ 2022

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~ WAAS-WATSWAT-A-WATSWTO-TCOCWNTCOS ~ We Are All Story – We Are The Stores We Are Told – And – We Are The Stories We Tell Ourselves – To Change Our Circumstances We Need To Change Our Story

~ TWIOBISBS-ETYTIFBS ~ The Wiring In Our Brains Is Shaped By Story – Every Thought You Think Is Framed By Story

~ SCHASCK ~ Stories Can Heal And Stories Can Kill

~ ASAI-ASHP ~ All Stories Are Important – All Stories Have Power

~ EIAPS-IPAOMT-IWDTOSILWTES-WANLT ~ Economics Is A Powerful Story – It Permeates All Of Modern Thought – If We Don’t Tell Our Story In Line With The Economics story – We Are Not Listened To

BRIAN WATSON ~ CAPITALISM ~ HEADED INTO THE ABYSS ~ 2019

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~ C-I-NGTSTLO-2100-PNE-20170-NALIAFTYWTE-MOUAT-TTW-AGTBPO-CAD ~ Civilization – Is – Not Going To See The Light Of – 2100 – Perhaps Not Even – 2070 – Not At Least In Any Form That You’d Want To Experience – Most Of Us Alive Today – Throughout The World – Are Going To Be Part Of – Collapse And Dissolution

~ WMCCAFD-TA-AA-POCMTWCITAMOOD-B-WWNDS ~ We Might Change Course Away From Disaster – There Are – After All – Plenty Of Constructive Measures That We Could Implement To Address Most Of Our Difficulties – But – We Will Not Do So

~ ASOMAT-TS-G-A-TAU ~ All Sorts Of Madnesses Abound Today – Throughout Societies – Globally – And – They Afflict Us

~ TW-H-C-A-H-I ~ Today’s World – Hyper-Connected – And – Hyper-Interdependent

~ MVTUTTAS-TT-O-T-ITB-FTOT-B-TANS-I-TA-C/O/I/H/D/S/L/I/E/R/U ~ Many Voices Tell Us That Things Are Simple – That This – Or – That – Is To Blame – For This Or That – But – Things Are Not Simple – Instead – They Are – Complicated / Overlapping / Interrelated / Historical / Dynamic / Simultaneous / Logical / Illogical / Emotional / Resolvable / Unresolvable

~ O-I-A-E-S-A-TCFTC-WBAMFIHTFU ~ Our – Imagination – And – Emotional – Selves – And – The Contest For Their Control – Will Be A Major Factor In How The Future Unfolds

~ OCADEEO-UP-A-BUBP-WA-S-F-D-A-BI ~ Ordinary Citizens Are Dividing Against Each Other – Using Politics – And – Being Used By Politics – We Are – Splintering – Fragmenting – Deteriorating – And – Becoming Impotent

~ FTLT-WDAA-NMCTP-TWNEFP ~ For The Longest Time – We Didn’t Assign Any – Negative Monetary Costs To Pollution – There Was No Explicit Financial Penalty

~ T-GE-I-MAS ~ The – Gig Economy – Is – Mostly A Scam

~ TEIDW-I-WE-ITF-B-NAD-A-TPWO ~ The Economy Is Doing Well – If – We Essentially – Ignore The Future – Both – Near And Distant – And – The Path We’re On

~ T-I-AAF-A-NN ~ Technology – Is – Always A Force – And – Never Neutral

~ EJTR-HJ-A-IHE-JTWMNDCB-DBM-WSBVT-AI ~ Even Jobs That Require – Human Judgement – And – Interpreting Human Emotion – Jobs That We Might Not Dream Could Be – Done By Machines – Will Soon Become Vulnerable To – Artificial Intelligence

~ C-C-A-P-W-SNNWTMW-AFTCTMT-RAP ~ Currently – Corporate – And – Political – Winners – See No Need Whatsoever To Mess With – A Formula That Continues To Make Them – Rich And Powerful

~ D-G-W’-II-U-AU-A-AOI-IIUTMUI-I/I/S-S/S/D/A/C-W-AP ~ Data – Gets – “Weaponized” – It Is – Used – Against Us – And – Against Our Interests – It Is Used To Make Us Into – Impulsive / Impressionable / Status-Seeking / Silly / Distracted / Acquisitive / Consuming – Web-Addicted People

~ D-IUT-M/C/D-B-OM-A-OB ~ Data – Is Used To – Modify / Change / Direct – Both – Our Moods – And – Our Behavior

~ EANETL-C-KT-T-DS-HB-H/B/HFR/C ~ Enterprises Are Not Eager To Let – Customers – Know That – Their – Digital Systems – Have Been – Hacked / Breached / Held For Ransom / Compromised

~ N-D-C-CTTW-T-H ~ Now – Digital – Computerized – Connected To The Web – Therefore – Hackable

~ MAM-WBR-AC-‘L’-HTDTJ ~ More And More – Will Be Replaced – As Computers – “Learn” – How To Do Their Jobs

~ WAP ~ Without Anyone’s Permission

~ WI-DAU-T-ITEO-TI-A-IRI-E/M/H/W ~ What Is – Different And Unprecedented – Today – Is The Existence Of – The Internet – And – Its Role In – Enlarging / Magnifying / Hardening / Weaponizing

~ WAB-L-T.D-M-E/R-A-MEDBMTSRLOOA ~ We Are Becoming – Less – Tolerant / Discerning – More – Emotional / Reactive – And – More Easily Distracted By Matters That Should Receive Less Of Our Attention

~ PTTEOTI-IWFMDF-P-W-BOA-V-T-FEO-T-STP-A-T-BITN ~ Prior To The Existence Of The Internet – It Was Far More Difficult For – People – With – Bizarre Or Antisocial – Views – To – Find Each Other – To – Sell Their Propaganda – And – To – Be In The News

~ TROTIIC-E/S/TDAAA/TGU/TL/TT-P-W-FALVORAF-A-NTEOS-O-D-O-OVT-TO-TEC-O-T-TIOO-WAACOU-TA ~ The Role Of The Internet In Connecting – Extremists / Sociopaths / The Dangerously Angry And Alienated / The Grossly Uneducated / The Lost / The Traumatized – People – Who – For A Large Variety Of Reasons And Forces – Are – Near The Edge Of Sanity – Or – Desperate – Or – Otherwise Vulnerable To – Their Own – Throbbing Emotional Condition – Or – To – The Influence Of Others – Who Are Also – Consciously Or Unconsciously – Thrashing About

~ HWU-HCT-TOT-A-TEOE ~ Heavy Web Users – Have Come To – Think Of Themselves – As – The Equal Of Experts

~ T-I-O-SMAC-C-VAP-O-YP-MT-A-MIHFTTD-A-HS-A-WC-O-A-BP-T-C/A/C/M-A-E-TLDOO-MS-YP-ABE-TTOTLA-‘B’ ~ The – Interwovenness – Of – Social Media And Commercialization – Changes – Values And Perspectives – Of – Young People – Manipulates Them – And – Makes It Much Harder For Them To Develop – A – Healthily Skeptical – And – Wise Critique – Of – And – Balanced Posture – Toward – Commercialization / Advertising / Consumption / Materialism – And – Even – The Larger Design Of Our – Market System – Young People – Are Being Encouraged – To Think Of Themselves Literally As –”Brands”

~ AJIT-GE-T/I/WB/UU ~ A Job In The – Gig Economy – Temporary / Insecure / Without Benefits / Ultimately Unsustainable

~ OC-F-P-F-A-CAU-A-F-CAE-A-BR ~ Our Capacities – For – Patience – For – Accepting – Complexity And Uncertainty – And – For – Cooperation And Empathy – Are – Being Reduced

~ WL-QT-IOL-WAL-T-CAA-F-DAC-RAI ~ With Less – Quiet Time – In Our Lives – We Are Losing – The – Capacity And Affinity – For – Deep And Critical – Reflection And Introspection

~ WW-I-TP-TB-S-W-F/F/S-I ~ WebWorld – Is – Training People – To Be – Satisfied – With – Fast / Fragmented / Superficial

~ WHE-‘C’-A-ASNOC-AT-AAOC ~ We Have Elevated – “Convenience” – And – A Simple-Minded Notion Of Convenience – At That – Above All Other Considerations

~ ITLTP-F-40Y-STR-STCW-A-F-S/P/A/I-TIWYG ~ If You Lie To People – For – 40 Years – Screw Them Royally – Steal The Country’s Wealth – And – Feed – Suspicion / Paranoia / Anxiety / Ignorance – This Is What You Get

~ MO-HWHTO-T-E/T/D-R-TAT-MC-BTSOOW ~ Media Outlets – Have Worked Hard To Obscure – The – Economic / Technological / Deregulatory – Realities – That Are The – Main Culprits – Behind The Struggles Of Ordinary Workers

~ OI-OC-O-APS-CF-SWEO-WWBATA-T-M-IAT-P-WH ~ Only If – Ordinary Citizens – Of – All Political Stripes – Can Find – Solidarity With Each Other – Will We Be Able To Address – The – Most – Important And Threatening – Problems – We Have

~ WLBN-A-WS-IAC-WCCD ~ We Live By Narratives – And – We Seek – Integration And Coherence – We Can Connect Dots

~ WW-SU-AF-CAD-F-II-HW-A-S-B-T-ASS-T-CATAOS ~ WebWorld – Seduces Us – Away From – Confusing And Difficult – Fare – It Is – Hard Work – And – Sometimes – Boring – To – Adequately Study Something – To – Consider All The Aspects Of Something

~ T-EQOE-AA-IT-I ~ The – Essential Quality Of Ecosystems – Above All – Is Their – Interconnectedness

~ RS-A-S-CDS-MM-HOR ~ Rising Seas – And – Salt-Contaminated Drinking Supplies – Massive Migrations – Hordes Of Refugees

~ F-OE-TS-A-OE-ES-HNR-TT-MPR-OT-P/B/C-W ~ Fundamentally – Our Entire – Technological System – And – Our Entire – Economic System – Have No Relationship – To The – Most Primary Realities – Of The – Physical / Biological / Chemical – World

~ TF-WHMR-F-PTB-EM-D/F/E-~ The Future – Will Hold Many Reasons – For – People To Become – Even More – Depressed / Fearful / Emotional

~ IA-FAD-W-FAE-WCTDTRTP-E-WBT-P-S-B ~ In A – Frightening And Deteriorating World – Fear And Emotions – Will Come To Dominate The Responses That People – Everywhere – Will Bring To – Planetary-Scale-Breakdowns

~ WIMC-I-TTIOATPOTP-WQONRWU-HM-PAW-WG-A-TDTWWU-I-BAC-OT-B ~ What Is Most Critical – Is – The Total Impact Of All The People On The Planet – What Quantity Of Natural Resources We Use – How Much – Pollution And Waste– We Generate – And – The Degree To Which We Upset – Important – Balances And Cycles – Of The – Biosphere

~ V-NB-I-B-B-G/A/D ~ Victimized – Not By – Immigrants – But – By – Globalization / Automation / Deregulation

~ HNOP-W-B-FTF-SC-A-ED ~ Huge Numbers Of People – Will – Be – Forced To Flee – Societal Collapse – And – Ecological Devastation

~ OESNTBMS ~ Our Economic System Needs To Be Made Sustainable

~ TI-A-M-NOWTGF-A-NOWTH ~ This Is – A – Message – No One Wants To Give – And – No One Wants To Hear

BRIAN WATSON ~ CAPITALISM ~ HEADED INTO THE ABYSS ~ 2019 ~ 231

~ II-S-A-D-FPTSAT-TCIFOU-I-E-COS-OOTO-TTWFIMM-NAC-TT-IRUTE-WAW-C-I-P-O-D-AT-RI-IA-IAS-‘S’-A-I-SA-CHU-TWSCT ~ It Is – Silly – And – Dishonest – For People To Speak As Though – The Choice In Front Of Us – Is – Either – Capitalism Or Socialism – One Or The Other – The Task We Face Is Much More – Nuanced And Complicated – Than That – It Requires Us To Examine – Where And Why – Capitalism – Is – Performing – Poorly – Or – Destructively – And Then – Readjust It – In Addition – If Adopting Some – “Socialistic” – Approaches – In – Specific Areas – Can Help Us – Then We Should Consider Them

~ T-M-I-S-O-P-O-C-HB-RC-OOC-FI-SD-F-ESP-A-FAM-O-B-OOP-P ~ Today – Many – Important – Segments – Or – Properties – Of – Capitalism – Have Become – Runaway Capitalism – Out Of Control – Frequently Irresponsible – Significancy Disconnected – From – Ecological Sustainability Principles – And – Fueled And Measured – Overwhelmingly – By – Only One Parameter – Profits

~ T-C-A-C-MR-S-S-A-CNF-W-HL-NL-A-WTAO-C-A-HMC-I-ATR-A-STG-ISOT-MFC-FI-OAP-IS-C-WAL-ISA-POO-C ~ Today’s – Capitalism – A – Cruder – More Rapacious – System – Shortchanges – And – Cares Not For – Workers – Has Little – National Loyalty – And – With The Aid Of – Computerization – And – Highly Mobile Capital – Is – Able To Roam – And – Straddle The Globe – In Search Of The – Most Favorable Conditions – For Its – Operation And Purposes – It Sharply – Creates – Winners And Losers – Inordinate Serves A – Plutocratic Or Oligarchic – Class

~ B-LC-ATL-A-IA-H-CSMP-CCBFFTT-CIOSOG ~ Because – Large Corporations – And – Their Lobbyists – And – Ideological Allies – Have – Captured So Many Politicians – Citizens Can Be Forgiven For Thinking That – Capitalism Is Our System Of Government

~ PT-MFP-W-CT-IINF-CG-WKT-O-F-S-E-CFS-A-C-W-L ~ Probably The – Most Fundamental Problem – With – Capitalism Today – Is Its Need For – Constant Growth – We Know Today – Our – Finite-Sized – Earth – Cannot Forever Support – A – Capitalism-Without-Limits

~ C-C-APD-I-ATTAOC ~ Currently – Capitalism – As Presently Designed – Is – A Threat To All Of Civilization

MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI ~ CHARACTERISTIC DIMENSIONS OF THE FLOW EXPERIENCE ~ THE EVOLVING SELF ~ 1993

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~ CG-OIDD-OKIHWOID ~ Clear Goals – Objective Is Distinctly Defined – One Knows Instantly How Well One Is Doing

~ OF-AD-A-RH-A-TAMB-OPATA ~ Opportunities For – Acting Decisively – Are – Relatively High – And – They Are Matched By – One’s Perceived Ability To Act

~ AAA-M-O-P-O-M ~ Action And Awareness – Merge – One-Pointedness – Of – Mind

~ ASO-PC ~ A Sense Of – Potential Control

~ LOS-C-TOEB ~ Loss Of Self-Consciousness – Transcendence Of Ego Boundaries

~ ASO-G-A-O-BPOSGE ~ A Sense Of – Growth – And – Of – Being Part Of Some Greater Entity

~ ASO-T-STPF ~ Altered Sense Of – Time – Seems To Pass Faster

~ EBA-WDFIOS ~ Experience Becomes Autotelic – Worth Doing For Its Own Sake

~ U-F-CBEIATA-D-RT-C-TLT-E-IO-H ~ Unfortunately – Flow – Can Be Experienced In Activities That Are – Destructive – Rather Than – Constructive – That Lead To – Entropy – Instead Of – Harmony

MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI ~ THE EVOLVING SELF ~ 1993

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~ ‘F’-AM-FHITW-EWME-LBCABAC-E-MS-WE ~ “Flow” – A Metaphor – For How It Felt When – Experience Was Most Enjoyable – Like Being Carried Away By A Current – Everything – Moving Smoothly – Without Effort

~ TKO-I-TGAOOS-A-TUO-WWAMO/WMDU/WGWDO-I-FOA-AUOOEP-WMTIAIDRITSUO ~ To Know Ourselves – Is – The Greatest Achievement Of Our Species – And – To Understand Ourselves – What We Are Made Of / What Motives Drive Us / What Goals We Dream Of – Involves – First Of All – An Understanding Of Our – Evolutionary Past

~ IIT-T-WSE-POD ~ It Is Together – That – We Shall Either – Prevail Or Disappear

~ BUH-HP-HDOTIRT-CCITE-WMFIP-T-AMR-T-T-IRC-DAITF ~ By Understanding How – Human Psychology – Has Developed Over Time In Response To – Changing Conditions In The Environment – We Might Find It Possible – To – Adapt More Rapidly – To – The – Increasingly Rapid Changes – Demanding Action In The Future

~ WPAHBOTI? ~ Were Past Ages Happier Because Of Their Illusions?

~ WITFOHTM? ~ What Is The Future Of Humankind To Me?

~ TCI-ATWS-AAPO-I-A-WW-I-V-A-WOL-TWM-TLOO-FAH ~ Truly Creative Individuals – Are Those Who Succeed – Against All Pressures Of – Instinct – And – Worldly Wisdom – In – Visualizing – A – Way Of Life – That Will Make – The Lot Of Others – Freer And Happier

~ C-CLETSOTD ~ Consciousness – Can Lead Either –To – Safety Or – Destruction

~ TTOI-H-INP-IINLPFM-T-BAS-I-OSHBTP-TB-LBIA ~ The Time Of Innocence – However – Is Now Past – It Is No Longer Possible For Mankind – To Blunder About Self-Indulgently – Our Species Has Become Too Powerful – To Be – Led By Instincts Alone

~ U-TCO-‘G’-A’B’-AOUFSP-A-GDTANI ~ Unfortunately – The Concepts Of – “Good” – And – “Bad” – Are Often Used For Selfish Purposes – And – Are – Given Definitions That Advance Narrow Interests

~ WLWCOTW-N-DOU ~ Whether Life Will Continue On This World – Now – Depends On Us

~ UWC-DYF-TG-SAH-?-WATONMF? ~ Under What Conditions – Do You Feel – The Greatest – Serenity And Happiness – ? – Why Are These Occasion Not More Frequent?

~ B-N-L-T-CTM-MHBA-GPFS-T-SAFATHSCB ~ But – Nowadays – Learning – To – Control The Mind – May Have Become A– Greater Priority For Survival – Than – Seeking Any Further Advantages The Hard Sciences Could Bring

~ TMWKA-H-TMW-TMWRT-TFTWWETW-HS-P-B-I-B ~ The More We Know About – How – The Mind Works – The More We Realize That – The Filter Through Which We Experience The World – Has Some – Peculiar – Built-In – Biases

~ IWLO-IC-BDB-GI-T-HBAITP ~ If We Let Our – Individual Consciousness – Be Directed By – Genetic Instructions – That – Have Been Advantageous In The Past

~ E-AVAA-MEB-AT-ASOA-B-IIFTETFTB-FP-I-R-WTADH ~ Economists – Are Very Clever At – Modelling Economic Behavior – According To – All Sorts Of Assumptions – But – It Is Foolish To Expect To Find Those Behaviors – Functioning Predictably – In –Reality – Where The Assumptions Don’t Hold

~ C-IA-FC-T-N-C-PAC ~ Civilization – Is A – Fragile Construction – That – Needs – Constant – Protection And Care

~ ATP ~ Addiction To Pleasure

~ I-ER-I-D-SI-AECI-T-WOTB ~ If – Excessive Rationality – Is – Dangerous – So Is – An Excessive Confidence In – The – Wisdom Of The Body

~ OA-HS-TAT-A-F-TTM-T-TTS-F-E-A-T-D ~ Our Ancestors – Have Switched – Time And Time – Again – From – Trusting Their Minds – To – Trusting Their Senses – First – Embracing – Apollo – Then – Dionysus

~ CBD-CBE-A-ITANS-IA-M-C-W-TWCFS-R ~ Certain Basic Drives – Cannot Be Eradicated – And – If They Are Not Satisfied – In A – Meaningful – Creative – Way – They Will Clamor For Satisfaction – Regardless

~ WNA-AW-SOI-TSB-OAR-BOO-GI-CR-A-T-UDOTS-TDAC-Y-TNTBST-F-TSTB-TL ~ We Normally Allow – A Whole – Series Of Illusions – To Stand Between – Ourselves And Reality – Built Out Of – Genetic Instructions – Cultural Rules – And – The – Unbridled Desires Of The Self – These Distortions Are Comforting – Yet – They Need To Be Seen Through – For – The Self To Be Truly Liberated

~ OC-MAL-DNJ-CUI-TA-PO-AEAO-‘N’-ID-O-DTMSOI-CSHS ~ Of Course – Myths And Legends – Did Not Just – Convey Useful Information – They Also – Passed On – An Enormous Amount Of – “Noise” – Irrelevant Details – Or – Details That Make Sense Only In – Certain Specific Historical Situations

~ M-HG-B-TTA-CP-SA-T-COTU-A-TTWOLABTAE ~ Most – Human Groups – Believe – That They Are – Chosen People – Situated At – The – Center Of The Universe – And – That Their Ways Of Life Are Better Than Anyone Else’s

~TLTGWWOI-TCT-UR-OG ~ The Larger The Group With Which One Identifies – The Closer To – Ultimate Reality One Gets

~ TSF-RTC-I-ETT ~ The Step From – Relativism To Cynicism – Is – Easy To Take

~ G-AN-OLH-II-W-WA-TS ~ Genes – Are Not – Our Little Helpers – It Is – We – Who Are – Their Servants

~ SITTM-WRTWUB-HWA-MBCITB ~ Survival In The Third Millennium – Will Require That We Understand Better – How We Are – Manipulated By Chemicals In The Body

~ K-TOOM-A-BAOOB-IT-PFF ~ Knowing – The Origin Of Motives – And – Becoming Aware Of Our Biases – Is The – Prerequisite For Freedom

~ IISTFATCOTU ~ It Is Good To Feel At The Center Of The Universe

~ IIDTTTS-TPOTW-A-PBOC ~ It Is Dangerous To Take Too Seriously – The Picture Of The World – As – Painted By One’s Culture

~ EIWA-PW-V-ILT-BTOC-A-ET-HTT-‘O’ ~ Excessive Identification With A – Particular World-View – Inevitably Leads To – Blindness To Other Cultures – And – Eventually To – Hostility Toward The – “Other”

~ TWEHIA-OPDO-WIA-A-WICB? ~ To What Extent Have I Accepted – Other People’s Definition Of – Who I Am – And – What I Could Be?

~ TMTEBIWSOTS-TMVIB ~ The More The Ego Becomes Identified With Symbols Outside The Self – The More Vulnerable It Becomes

~ WCBF-U-WLT-POFOPA-A-RFEO ~ We Cannot Be Free – Unless – We Learn To – Protect Ourselves From Other People’s Ambitions – And – Refrain From Exploiting Others

~ T-MMHA-I-TRFAOP ~ The – Most Marvelous Human Accomplishment – Is – To Refrain From Abusing One’s Privileges

~ WACDAA-‘PM’-WCTK-ASOS-TMBTT-RE-OSET ~ Whenever A Cult Develops Around A – “Perfect Master” – Who Claims To Know – A Series Of Steps – That Must Be Taken To – Reach Enlightenment – One Should Expect Trouble

~ M-OTH-COA-WTT-RT-WIIGFUON ~ Memes – Once They Have – Claimed Our Attention – Will Try To – Reproduce Themselves – Whether It Is Good For Us Or Not

~ SB-A-E-WO-PE-I-BD-A-W ~ Step Back – And – Evaluate – Where Our – Psychic Energy – Is – Being Directed – And – Why

~ WITS? ~ What Is The Self?

~ WWPAT-INTM-WAWWAT ~ What We Pay Attention To – Is No Trivial Matter – We Are What We Attend To

~ IIASTMAI-B-IE-T-B-IC ~ It Is Always Simpler To Make An Impression – By – Increasing Entropy – Than – By – Increasing Complexity

~ ITFP-IIETLT-EL-IRDNMSTGTTMOE-IODN-AAMOIAP ~ In The First Place – It Is Essential To Learn To – Enjoy Life – It Really Does Not Make Sense To Go Through The Motions Of Existence – If One Does Not – Appreciate As Much Of It As Possible

~ IWRT-MMOTO-A-IN-C-TTOO-PE-IT-BDTR-WMRLOARO-EUA-SOTOWC ~ If We Remember That – Memes Multiply On Their Own – And – If Not – Curbed – They Take Over Our – Psychic Energy – In Their – Blind Drive To Replicate – We Might Run Less Of A Risk Of – Ending Up As – Servants Of The Objects We Create

~ TFIIOH ~ The Future Is In Our Hands

MICHAEL SHERMER ~ PROVISIONAL RIGHT AND WRONG ~ THE SCIENCE OF GOOD & EVIL ~ 2004

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~ A-FP ~ ASK-FIRST PRINCIPLE
~ TFOWAAIROW-AF ~ To Find Out Whether An Action Is Right Or Wrong – Ask First
~ HP ~ HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE
~ IIAHMPTAWHWSEHIM-A-NSHWILTSEU ~ It Is A Higher Moral Principle To Always Seek Happiness With Someone Else’s Happiness In Mind – And – Never Seek Happiness When It Leads To Someone Else’s Unhappiness
~ LP ~ LIBERTY PRINCIPLE
~ IIAHMPTASLWSELIM-A-NSLWILTSELOL ~ It Is A Higher Moral Principle To Always Seek Liberty With Someone Else’s Liberty In Mind – And – Never Seek Liberty When It Leads To Someone Else’s Loss Of Liberty
~ MP ~ MODERATION PRINCIPLE
~ WIPD-EITDOAINV-A-MITPOEINV ~ When Innocent People Die – Extremism In The Defense Of Anything Is No Virtue – And – Moderation In The Protection Of Everything Is No Vice

JOHN CLEESE ~ CREATIVITY ~ 2020

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~ C-NWOTAT-CBSIEAOL ~ Creativity – New Ways Of Thinking About Things – Can Be Seen In Every Area Of Life

~ WYCFAWODTTIBTWHBDB-YABC ~ Wherever You Can Find A Way Of Doing Things That Is Better Than What Has Been Done Before – You Are Being Creative

~ ACBC ~ Anyone Can Be Creative

~ YCTPHTCCIWTWBC ~ You Can Teach People How To Create Circumstances In Which They Will Become Creative

~ PTWI-BGTB-O-A-CI-O ~ Put The Work In – Before Going To Bed – Often – A – Creative Idea – Overnight

~ WSTABAY-YD-YDFCETA ~ When Someone Throws A Brick At You – You Duck – You Don’t First Carefully Evaluate The Alternatives

~ Y-U-CIKTYSTTLOTU-A-TLOTUINV-ISY-I-IGY-F-INYAWYIKWIGA ~ Your – Unconscious – Communicates Its Knowledge To You Solely Through The Language Of The Unconscious – And – The Language Of The Unconscious Is Not Verbal – It Shows You – Images – It Gives You – Feelings – It Nudges You Around Without You Immediately Knowing What It’s Getting At

~ B-SMOCIATU-TIALTWYCSAI! ~ Because – So Much Of Creativity Is About The Unconscious – There Is A Limit To What You Can Say About It!

~ B-CP-AMBATTVSOWTWAGWWLSU ~ But – Creative People – Are Much Better At Tolerating The Vague Sense Of Worry That We All Get When We Leave Something Unresolved

~ N-THPOBC-HDWLTPLAC? ~ Now – The Harder Part Of Being Creative – How Do We Learn To Play Like A Child?

~ TGKOCII-IPYMAFWYWTBTA-ICT-M-TRT-YP-SOC-A-GBIA-SODF ~ The Greatest Killer Of Creativity Is Interruption – It Pulls Your Mind Away From What You Want To Be Thinking About – It Can Take – Minutes – To Return To – Your Previous – State Of Consciousness – And – Get Back Into A – State Of Deep Focus

~ WYBCTINSTAAM-YCPKIYAGDAWAUYGDI ~ When You’re Being Creative There Is No Such Thing As A Mistake – You Can’t Possibly Know If You Are Going Down A Wrong Avenue Until You’ve Gone Down It

~ WYPWIAF-YNKWAVPMCF ~ When You’re Playing With Images And Feelings – You Never Know Where A Vital Prompting May Come From

~ IIANT-HCYPUISA?-DR-LTNNOYSB-C-A-C-A-C ~ If It’s A New Thought – How Can You Possibly Understand It Straight Away? – Don’t Rush – Let These New Notions Of Yours Slowly Become – Clearer – And – Clearer – And – Clearer

~ WT-NI-HBPC-BIY-C/A/F-S-M-TAI ~ When This – New Idea – Has Become Pretty Clear – Bring In Your – Critical / Analytical / Fact-Seeking – Mind – To Assess It

~ WYFHA-NI-YDGTCTS0N-A-‘W’-I-SBABYLBUTHTTG-TB-CAS ~ When You First Have A – New Idea – You Don’t Get Too Critical Too Soon – New – And – “Woolly” – Ideas – Shouldn’t Be Attacked By Your Logical Brain Until They’ve Had Time To Grow – To Become – Clearer And Sturdier

~ S-EP-UYHACSOWIITYCUW-TYCBY-CT-I-NB ~ So – Exercise Patience – Until You Have A Clear Sense Of What It Is That You’ve Come Up With – Then You Can Bring Your – Critical Thinking – In – Not Before

~ BAFBTCMOTATAMOT-U-F-YGTSTABS-TIC-I-IW-CP-DATT ~ Backwards And Forwards Between The Creative Mode Of Thinking And The Analytical Mode Of Thinking – Until – Finally – You Get To Something That’s A Bit Special – This Is Called – Iteration – Its What – Creative People – Do All The Time

~ ‘TB’-‘HB’-TNEO ~ “Tortoise Mind” – “Hare Brain” – They Need Each Other

~ YL-A-LF-SOS-YA-INS-IC-‘BIB’ ~ You’re Learning – And – Learning From – Something Or Someone – You Admire – Is Not Stealing – It’s Called – “Being Influenced By”

~ MAIL ~ Making An Imaginative Leap

~ P-KYF ~ Playing – Keeps You Fresh

~ GDIATWOYT ~ Getting Discouraged Is A Total Waste Of Your Time

~ YTFYM ~ Your Thoughts Follow Your Mood

~ TYI ~ Testing Your Ideas

MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI ~ CREATIVITY ~ 1996

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~ IIET-ECBCCITE-TB-TTMPTMC-A-AGCAIANTROASI-ALFOITD-B-CAYOHW ~ It Is Easier To – Enhance Creativity By Changing Conditions In The Environment – Than By – Trying To Make People Think More Creatively – And – A Genuinely Creative Accomplishment Is Almost Never The Result Of A Sudden Insight – A Lightbulb Flashing On In The Dark – But – Comes After Years Of Hard Work

~ MOTTTA-I-I-A-H-ATROC ~ Most Of The Things That Are – Interesting – Important – And – Human – Are The Results Of Creativity

~ C-WWAIII-WFTWALMFTDTROL ~ Creativity – When We Are Involved In It – We Feel That We Are Living More Fully Than During The Rest Of Life

~ AIALR-TIJSMIWCPAAGT-TACIAED-TMBSAA ~ Attention Is A Limited Resource – There Is Just So Much Information We Can Process At Any Given Time – To Achieve Creativity In An Existing Domain – There Must Be Surplus Attention Available

~ CGICTBOD ~ Creativity Generally Involves Crossing The Boundaries Of Domains

~ ITFOFCAA-ITMOAPITWORAE-TMTEICBIEE ~ If Too Few Opportunities For Curiosity Are Available – If Too Many Obstacles Are Placed In The Way Of Risk And Exploration – The Motivation To Engage In Creative Behavior Is Easily Extinguished

~ ITNGITFTFWZAS-C-WMETTB-O-AWA-C ~ If The Next Generation Is To Face The Future With Zest And Self-Confidence – We Must Educate Them To Be – Original – As Well As – Competent

~ TMIMWCLFCP:HTFPAEITCOE ~ The Most Important Message We Can Learn From Creative People: How To Find Purpose And Enjoyment In The Chaos Of Existence

~ CDNHIPH-B-ITIBAPTAASCC-IIA-S-RTA-I-P ~ Creativity Does Not Happen Inside People’s Heads – But – In The Interaction Between A Person’s Thoughts And A SocioCultural Context – It Is A – Systemic – Rather Than An – Individual – Phenomenon

~ A-L-C-A-POSRTOI ~ Accidents – Like – Creativity – Are – Properties Of Systems Rather Than Of Individuals

~ BITRPATRT-ICI-B-MPNRTTASIAPS-TC-A-EFKWTDWTRHT ~ Being In The Right Place At The Right Time – Is Clearly Important – But – Many People Never Realize That They Are Standing In A Propitious Space-Time Convergence – And – Even Fewer Know What To Do When The Realization Hits Them

~ WAGDO-C-W-A-I-I-WTALAIHTW-IIDTRAIP ~ Without A Good Dose Of – Curiosity – Wonder – And – Interest – In – What Things Are Like And In How They Work – It Is Difficult To Recognize An Interesting Problem

~ OTE-AFATCPEITE-IAGAF-RPN-ECPIMTAEWTT ~ Openness To Experience – A Fluid Attention That Constantly Processes Events In The Environment – Is A Great Advantage For – Recognizing Potential Novelty – Every Creative Person Is More Than Amply Endowed With These Traits

~ YCATMOCJBAACPS ~ You Cannot Assume The Mantle Of Creativity Just By Assuming A Certain Personality Style

~ CI-TTBS-YANATST ~ Creative Individuals – Tend To Be Smart – Yet Also Naive At The Same Time

~ APLAITOCI ~ A Playfully Light Attitude Is Typical Of Creative Individuals

~ CI-ABIAFAOE-A-ARSORATO ~ Creative Individuals – Alternate Between Imagination And Fantasy At One End – And – A Rooted Sense Of Reality At The Other

~ CI-AARHAPATST ~ Creative Individuals – Are Also Remarkably Humble And Proud At The Same Time

~ CI-TACE-E-RGRS ~ Creative Individuals – To A Certain Extent – Escape – Rigid Gender Role Stereotyping

~ G-CP-ATTB-RAI-YIIITBCWHFIADOC-A-APMBITIOSADIOTLIR;H-HOSMBTACEA-T-SIIDTSHAPCBCWBBTACAATST-RAI-BOTLTDU;CTCWRTWHBVITPRLTNTIAAAI ~ Generally – Creative People – Are Thought To Be – Rebellious And Independent – Yet Is Is Impossible To Be Creative Without Having First Internalized A Domain Of Culture – And – A Person Must Believe In The Importance Of Such A Domain In Order To Learn Its Rules; Hence – He Or She Must Be To A Certain Extent A – Traditionalist – So It Is Difficult To See How A Person Can Be Creative Without Being Both Traditional And Conservative And At The Same Time – Rebellious And Iconoclastic – Being Only Traditional Leaves The Domain Unchanged; Constantly Taking Chances Without Regard To What Has Been Valued In The Past Rarely Leads To Novelty That Is Accepted As An Improvement

~ M-CP-A-VPATW-Y-TCBEOAIAW ~ Most – Creative Persons – Are – Very Passionate About Their Work – Yet – They Can Be Extremely Objective About It As Well

~ B-U-I-TTCT-PM-TI-TTWHTLAHAAGSOPI ~ But – Usually – Insights – Tend To Come To – Prepared Minds – That Is – To Those Who Have Thought Long And Hard About A Given Set Of Problematic Issues

~ W-ABC-ALI-WAUTPLTMA-SNC-TKOIIROIIN-IIURIDF-IMETNSSOR ~ Without – A Burning Curiosity – A Lively Interest – We Are Unlikely To Persevere Long To Make A – Significant New Contribution – This Kind Of Interest Is Rarely Only Intellectual In Nature – It Is Usually Rooted In Deep Feelings – In Memorable Experiences That Need Some Sort Of Resolution

~ B-TAASIWNHATQY-NEKTTIAP ~ But – There Are Also Situations In Which Nobody Had Asked The Question Yet – Nobody Even Knows That There Is A Problem

~ WITKOTD-TCOTF-A-TBPOTWOMAO ~ We Internalize The Knowledge Of The Domain – The Concerns Of The Field – And – They Become Part Of The Way Our Minds Are Organized

~ WWSAIOSASTAIWW-WWMBSITNOTPWOMWAI ~ When We Sit Alone In Our Study And Say That An Idea Won’t Work – What We May Be Saying Is That None Of The People Whose Opinions Matter Will Accept It

~ CT-EITGFWT-HOTWIKAAWTTAS-I-DTTIBGOTOSOTC ~ Creative Thoughts – Evolve In This Gap Filled With Tension – Holding On To What Is Known And Accepted While Tending Toward A Still Ill-Defined Truth That Is Barely Glimpsed On The Other Side Of The Chasm

~ TCOG ~ The Clarity Of Goals

~ B-CAS-TMO-AAA ~ Balancing – Challenges And Skills – The Merging Of – Action And Awareness

~ CI-TTGTCOVA-WTWHTCOS ~ Creative Individuals – Tend To Gravitate Toward Centers Of Vital Activity – Where Their Work Has The Chance Of Succeeding

~ IE-U-TINE-A-PTNWB-TPTADSIC-Y-HAHTROICBHITCTOWAOOU ~ Inspiring Environments – Unfortunately – There Is No Evidence – And – Probably There Never Will Be – To Prove That A Delightful Setting Induces Creativity – Yet – Having A Home That Reinforces One’s Individuality Cannot But Help Increase The Chances That One Will Act Out One’s Uniqueness

~ WHT-PADI-A-HEC-IAETWHBTRO-WIIETFTOWACCOTTAH ~ What Helps To – Preserve And Develop Individuality – And – Hence Enhance Creativity – Is An Environment That We Have Built To Reflect Ourselves – Where It Is Easy To Forget The Outside World And Concentrate Completely On The Task At Hand

~ M-CI-FOEWTBRAF-S/E/W-A-ABT-EWIITTDO-A-WMINWOKTASOTAFS;WCITBMOOOT ~ Most – Creative Individuals – Find Out Early What Their Best Rhythms Are For – Sleeping / Eating / Working – And – Abide By Them – Even When It Is Tempting To Do Otherwise – Again – What Matters Is Not Whether One Keeps To A Strict Or To A Flexible Schedule; What Counts Is To Be Master Of One’s Own Time

~ BAP-INARF-LC-AMTUK-CAOS-ATB ~ Being A Prodigy – Is Not A Requirement For – Later Creativity – A More Than Usually Keen – Curiosity About One’s Surroundings – Appears To Be

~ TDT-B-IAD-TISCOECP ~ The – Dialectical Tension – Between – Involvement And Detachment – That Is So Characteristic Of Every Creative Process

~ P-IIT-AR-WIT-LAFOA-TG-TEO-UF ~ Paradoxically – It Is The – Abstract Rules – We Invent To – Limit And Focus Our Attention – That Give Us – The Experience Of – Untrammelled Freedom

~ CP-A-CS-TDATTUWIHAT-A-TDATAEDE ~ Creative People – Are – Constantly Surprised – They Don’t Assume That They Understand What Is Happening Around Them – And – They Don’t Assume That Anybody Else Does Either

MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI ~ THE FLOW EXPERIENCE ~ CREATIVITY ~ 1996

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~ TACGESOTW ~ There Are Clear Goals Every Step Of The Way

~ TIIFTOA ~ There Is Immediate Feedback To One’s Actions

~ TIABBCAS-WFTOAAWMTTOFA ~ There Is A Balance Between Challenges And Skills – We Feel That Our Abilities Are Well Matched To The Opportunities For Action

~ AAAAM-OCIFOWWD ~ Action And Awareness Are Merged – Our Concentration Is Focused On What We Do

~ DAEFC-WAAOOWIRHAN ~ Distractions Are Excluded From Consciousness – We Are Aware Only Of What Is Relevant Here And Now

~ TINWOF ~ There Is No Worry Of Failure

~ S-CD-WATIIWWADTCAPTE ~ Self-Consciousness Disappears – We Are Too Involved In What We Are Doing To Care About Protecting The Ego

~ TSOTBD ~ The Sense Of Time Becomes Distorted

~ TABA-AEII-NRFDTETFTETP ~ The Activity Becomes Autotelic – An End In Itself – No Reason For Doing – Except To Feel The Experience They Provide

MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI ~ THE CREATIVE PROCESS ~ CREATIVITY ~ 1996

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~ TCPHTBDATFS: ~ The Creative Process Has Traditionally Been Described As Taking Five Steps:

~ APOP:BI-IASOPITAIAAC ~ A Period Of Preparation: Becoming Immersed – In A Set Of Problematic Issues That Are Interesting And Arouse Curiosity

~ APOI:DWICABTTOC-IIDTTT-UC-ALTBM ~ A Period Of Incubation: During Which Ideas Churn Around Below The Threshold Of Consciousness – It Is During This Time That – Unusual Connections – Are Likely To Be Made

~ I(SCT-‘A!’-M):WPOTPFT ~ Insight (Sometimes Called The – “Aha!” – Moment): When Pieces Of The Puzzle Fall Together

~ E:DWTIIVAWP-OTMETPOTP-WOFMUAI ~ Evaluation: Decide Whether The Insight Is Valuable And Worth Pursuing – Often The Most Emotionally Trying Part Of The Process – When One Feels Most Uncertain And Insecure

~ E:PTUTMT-A-ITHW ~ Elaboration: Probably Takes Up The Most Time – And – Involves The Hardest Work