Thriving on Overload: The 5 Powers for Success in a World of Exponential Information

intuition and expertise are founded on the ability to recognize patterns. In most instances these patterns are stored unconsciously. This creates a feeling of intuition, that something seems “right” even if it can’t be explained consciously. This means that to achieve expertise in our chosen area, we need to be consistently exposed to patterns so w

It is up to each of us to negotiate daily Carl Sagan’s exhortation to balance an expansive openness to new frames of thinking with intense skepticism.

To move up: What is this an example or instance of? To move down: What is an example or instance of this?

you need to establish a consistent set of portals and habits that support your objectives. These will include daily routines as well as some sources accessed less regularly.

Mark Beeman, whom you will meet again later in this book, explain that “we continuously build mental models of the world around us—our boxes—to help predict what will happen next. Any deviation from these expectations causes a group of neurons to shout in synchrony to signal that something is different, unexpected, or just wrong. And those brainwav

The ability to bring together diverse viewpoints into a richer, more sophisticated whole is at the center of continually improving your mental models in an increasingly complex world.

You need to clearly understand your purpose for engaging with information, the WHY, to shape your relationship with information, the HOW of your habits and daily practices.

Herbert Simon coined the neologism “satisfice” to describe decisions that sufficed to satisfy a threshold of acceptability.

One reason humans will always transcend machines in their ability to synthesize is that they can empathize and comprehend the implications for humans in ways algorithms never can. Seeing the whole is essential to understand what is possible and the paths that lead there.