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13 Tools to Promote Divergent Thinking

New ideas can come from anywhere, but are often hardest to find when you’re actually looking for them. However, I believe it’s possible to jumpstart your brain, even under pressure, by applying yourself to a bit of divergent thinking: Divergent thinking typically occurs in a spontaneous, free-flowing manner, such that many ideas are generated in an […]

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The Perpetual Storytelling Apparatus

The “Perpetual Storytelling Apparatus” is a drawing machine illustrating a never-ending story by the use of patent drawings. The machine translates words of a text into patent drawings. Seven million patents — linked by over 22 million references — form the vocabulary. By using references to earlier patents, it is possible to find paths between […]

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Why Facebook Is Awesome

Recently I’ve been using Facebook a lot more than usual, in order to: Reconnect with old friends Arrange ‘real world’ meetups Plug gaps in my network that I should have filled ages ago Build a page for Digital Cortex (right here!) Organise my contacts into groups Do a bit of peer-analysis (spying) Try some FB […]

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