On thinking out the box • Writings – Bayo Akomolafe
It’s a healthy practice to approach our work with as few accepted rules, starting points, and limitations as possible. Often the standards in our chosen medium are so ubiquitous, we take them for granted. They are invisible and unquestioned. This makes it nearly impossible to think outside the standard paradigm.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Question on rejecting the status quo:
Is it time you start living outside the box?
There's a passage from Nassim Taleb's The Bed of Procrustes that hit me hard:
"They are born, then put in a box; they go home to live in a box; they study by ticking boxes; they go to what is called 'work' in a box, where they sit in their cubicle box; they drive to the
... See moreThinking outside the box, embracing new technologies, welcoming diverse contributions: none of this is part of their mindset. It furthers the alienation of young people who are accustomed to openness and sharing.
Jon Alexander • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
“As we’ve been talking about, no matter what we’re doing on the outside, people respond primarily to how we’re feeling about them on the inside. And how we’re feeling about them depends on whether we’re in or out of the box concerning them. Let me illustrate that point further with a couple of examples.
The Arbinger Institute • Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box
“Pondering the situation anew simply means that once you find an out-of-the-box vantage point, you are now in a position to think new thoughts about situations that have troubled you. Because you will be thinking about them from a new perspective, you’ll be able to access thoughts and ideas that may have eluded you while you were trying to think ab
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