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justdrew
Interactive musings from a creative technophile
Right-brain workouts for Left-brain people
A few months ago, I read “A Whole New Mind” by Daniel Pink (which I highly recommend- it’s excellent). As is becoming common knowledge, our brains are made up of two different brain styles. The left hemisphere of the gray matter tends to work very logically, linearly and literally. This is where most of history’s best and brightest really excelled, since success with this type of thinking can pay immediate returns in cultures that live with less technology.
Thing is, the better machines get at performing left-brain (computer-like) tasks, the less valuable it is to be super-strong in left-brain skills. Pink’s premise in the book makes a lot of sense. We are probably many generations from the day when machines can surpass human creativity- that is: right-brain activities. Therefore, if you want to be in demand in this future of ours, you’d better be good at the things that can’t be done by computers. You’d better be creative.
I was inspired to create a series of sessions where folks could explore the creative side of their minds. This would be something everyone would benefit from, but those who would benefit most would be those geeks among us who feel that the entire brain is a Left-brain thing.
Note that I said “inspired”. I haven’t started yet, but the idea is to follow the model of BarCamp. An open forum with guest speakers, meetings, informal classes and lots of socializing (which, BTW is a very right-brain thing…unless you’re only interacting with others as part of a calculated ploy to get something in return).
Coming soon- updates on next steps to bring something together.
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