- Can Humanity Change?
The jury is still out on that one. Can you and I change? Yes absolutely. I for example have turned over so many new leaves in my life- I tell my wife I am a now a whole new tree! And still I have lots of room for improvement- and whole new branches yet to grow.# - We are currently on a road trip, and that means I need a good book for those moments when Mary Ann has hopped out of the truck to take a picture (sometimes before I even stop rolling!) So when I found a book claiming we can “Architect our Character” and that “Psychitecture can take a mind that is like a prison and gradually transform it into a Palace” I was hooked. #
- Designing The Mind | The Principles of Psychitecture
is one of those books that I have savored; soaking it up, and absorbing it bit-by-bit. Perfect for a road trip when you have lots of time to mull things over, pondering new insights and considering how they fit into your life. This is one of those books I wish I had read when young, and now want to send a copy to all my friends! # - Filled with references to classical Stoicism, Buddhism and western inquiries into the nature of mind, author Ryan Bush- a systems designer and thinker- synthesizes ancient knowledge with modern cognitive science and leverages the analogy of algorithms from computer science to explain how we can literally reprogram the code running in our minds.#
When we understand the mind as a biological “machine” that has millions of years of “code” embedded in- and the interaction of sub-systems that make up the whole- we can consciously and objectively “step through” that code to observe how it works. And with a little (or in some cases a lot) of effort, we can “reprogram” the automatic “chain of algorithms” to bring forth alternative behaviors of our own design. That is a powerful idea! #- Mary Ann and I
will soon begin our trip home, and I have been saving the final few chapters for our return trip. Already, I have managed to “reprogram” a couple of behaviors that have left me smiling. In one case I was able to short circuit a situation that previously would have raised my ire. In another, I withheld judgement and saved a friendship- no small matter in todays world where we are increasingly polarized by the news!# - If you are like me, and feel you can benefit from turning over a few new leafs, check this book out! You can learn more from a free PDF download from the Designing The Mind website. The author also sends out emails occasionally that are worth signing up for.#
- Let me know what you think, and have fun drifting down Life’s Rivers!#
- Can Humanity Change? The jury is still out on that one. Can you and I change? Yes absolutely. I for example have turned over so many new leaves in my life- I tell my wife I am a now a whole new tree! And still I have lots of room for improvement- and whole new branches yet to grow.#
- We are currently on a road trip, and that means I need a good book for those moments when Mary Ann has hopped out of the truck to take a picture (sometimes before I even stop rolling!) So when I found a book claiming we can “Architect our Character” and that “Psychitecture can take a mind that is like a prison and gradually transform it into a Palace” I was hooked. #
- Designing The Mind | The Principles of Psychitecture is one of those books that I have savored; soaking it up, and absorbing it bit-by-bit. Perfect for a road trip when you have lots of time to mull things over, pondering new insights and considering how they fit into your life. This is one of those books I wish I had read when young, and now want to send a copy to all my friends! #
- Filled with references to classical Stoicism, Buddhism and western inquiries into the nature of mind, author Ryan Bush- a systems designer and thinker- synthesizes ancient knowledge with modern cognitive science and leverages the analogy of algorithms from computer science to explain how we can literally reprogram the code running in our minds.#
- When we understand the mind as a biological “machine” that has millions of years of “code” embedded in- and the interaction of sub-systems that make up the whole- we can consciously and objectively “step through” that code to observe how it works. And with a little (or in some cases a lot) of effort, we can “reprogram” the automatic “chain of algorithms” to bring forth alternative behaviors of our own design. That is a powerful idea! #
- Mary Ann and I will soon begin our trip home, and I have been saving the final few chapters for our return trip. Already, I have managed to “reprogram” a couple of behaviors that have left me smiling. In one case I was able to short circuit a situation that previously would have raised my ire. In another, I withheld judgement and saved a friendship- no small matter in todays world where we are increasingly polarized by the news!#
- If you are like me, and feel you can benefit from turning over a few new leafs, check this book out! You can learn more from a free PDF download from the Designing The Mind website. The author also sends out emails occasionally that are worth signing up for.#
- Let me know what you think, and have fun drifting down Life’s Rivers!#