[[Teach Yourself To Think]] by [[Edward De Bono]]
Even in the first 20% of the book it‘s _completely_ obvious that @zsviczian is right when he says De Bono has been working on Algorithms of Thought for decades, under a different name.
I feel like I‘m Neo following Morpheus into the Matrix
I feel like I‘m Neo following Morpheus into the Matrix
“All questions are attention-directing devices. We could easily drop out ‘questions’ and instead ask people to direct their attention to specified matters.”
– that‘s an important piece of figuring out how to think better, imo.
– that‘s an important piece of figuring out how to think better, imo.
De Bono mentions two “Frameworks“ that are roughly analogous to collections of Algorithms of Thought: Six Thinking Hats and CoRT. For a great intro, read @zsviczian‘s series of blogposts starting here
zsolt.blog/2020/12/de-bon…
zsolt.blog/2020/12/de-bon…
Why do we need Algorithms of Thought?
De Bono:
“All this may seem artificial but it works. Thinking sometimes has to be made artificial and deliberate otherwise we take it for granted and assume that we do things when in fact we do not do them at all.“
De Bono:
“All this may seem artificial but it works. Thinking sometimes has to be made artificial and deliberate otherwise we take it for granted and assume that we do things when in fact we do not do them at all.“
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