The Enchanted Loom Teasing sturdy threads from

neuroscience masterworks

Teasing 10 threads from

Anthony Brandt’s &

David Eagleman’s …

Thread 1:

People are being freed to work within a new

model: the Creativity Economy.

(pg. 8)

Thread 2:

When your brain gets used to something it

displays less and less of a response each time

it sees it. It’s

because of a

phenomenon

known as

repetition

suppression.

(pg. 17)

Thread 3:

Although predictability is reassuring, the brain

always seeks novelty. The brain gets excited

when it updates.

(pg. 19)

Thread 4:

There’s one factor that turns on the turbo-

booster of creativity, something that lives

beyond your brain. Other people’s brains.

Creativity is socially enhanced.

(pg. 29)

Thread 5:

We suggest there are three primary means by

which all ideas evolve, three basic strategies:

bending,

breaking

& blending.

(pg. 47)

Thread 6:

Bending, breaking and blending are tools our

brains use to turn experience into novel output;

they are the

basic routines

of the soft-

ware of

invention.

(pg. 105)

Thread 7:

The act of creation is only half the story:

the other half is the community into which

that creation lands. Novelty alone is insufficient

– what’s also required is resonance with

one’s society.

(pg. 106)

Thread 8:

“Tradition

is a guide

and not

a jailer.”

(pg. 134)

Thread 9:

“Our greatest weakness is in giving up. The most

certain way to succeed is to try one more time.”

(pg. 176)

Thread 10:

The brain is a forest of interconnectivity, but

because it is built for efficiency, it tends to land

on the most well-trodden answer first.

Like so many

other human

endeavors,

creativity is

strengthened

with practice.

(pgs. 185)

Image Credits:

Title Page: http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 2 - http://bit.ly/2wZgdKm

Slide 11 - http://beyondquarterlife.com/little-persistence-little-effort/

Slide 2 - http://appsych.mrduez.com/2015/10/the-brain-with-david-eagleman-on-pbs.html

Slide 5 - http://bit.ly/2geEx8O

Slide 4 - http://www.spring.org.uk/2009/05/why-thought-suppression-is-counter-productive.php

Slide 10 - https://genci.deviantart.com/art/Soul-Jailer-199812275

Slide 9 - http://heesterveldcc.nl/

Slide 14 - http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 8 - http://bit.ly/2xBSOz7

Slide 7 - http://bit.ly/2xBSOz7

Slide 6 - https://lancasterpa.com/event/star-barn-raising-festival/

Slide 3 - http://www.lifehack.org/618689/how-to-boost-creativity-secrets-of-the-creative-brain

Slide 12 - http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/02/health/brain-maps/index.html

Mark Brady, PhD TheEnchantedLoom@gmail.com

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