Notes & Summary (p. 77-98)

Vocab:

Rapid-Eye-Movement: REM, stage of sleep

Indiscriminately: in a meaningless way

Hunch: a largely untapped idea that forms connections and becomes useful during sleep

Public Hunch database: an open directory of ideas that anyone can use, ideas that would traditionally be in an R&D lab

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Notes:

We don’t truly often have “epiphanies” rather our brain is gathering years of thought and forming that

Ideas have to connect to have meaning

Historically, many, many ideas come from “epiphanies” when we are dreaming or in REM sleep

“sleeping” on a problem more than doubles your ability to solve something because you are exploring solutions during sleep

The brain, for unknown reasons, will frequently fire at the same frequency

The more time your brain spends in a “chaotic” mode, the higher you IQ is (by a significant margin)

Our brain has very abrupt cut-offs between new ideas

Thought’s aren’t linear, they build on each other

Serendipity is not something you can plan for

Your mind has an almost infinite number of ideas

A shower or walk removes you from needed things happening in your life and leaves you with more room to ponder and create

You must connect ideas to make them useful

Serendipity can be caused by tech that helps you connect ideas

Can a computer be responsible for an idea if it connected your ideas into a new one?

The internet has made serendipity much more possible as it is so much easier and quicker to find relevant information

filters reduce serendipity

Information, and thus, possible connections are so much more plentiful thanks to the internet

Company R&D labs are very secretive and don’t let the spread or connection of big ideas, this causes of a lack of serendipity

When ideas can spread freely you allow people to come up with new uses created by companies that can’t capitalize on them

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Summary:

They talked about making space in your brain so that you can make connections. And in dream state you can have your best start of a great idea.

the most chaotic brains are the people with the highest IQs.

Quotes:

“I’m so straight, I’m so proud”

I should stop stalking

You can talk

I was stupid

I’ll solve all your problems

just let me get hacked!

Did you just unhighlight me

stop moving sevilla

wow youre so kind

back off!

I think the problem is you

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