Book Byte #353 "Deviate" by Beau Lotto

The Creative Power of Transforming Your Perception

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📣 Curious Quotes from the Author

“The only true voyage of discovery (is) to behold the universe through the eyes of another - Marcel Proust”

“Information is agnostic. Meaning isn't. The meaning you make with this knowledge is up to you.”

“If you imagine complex, challenging possibilities, your brain will adapt to them. Much like a tiger trapped in a zoo exhibits repetitive displacement behavior, if you cage your imagination within the bars of the dull and neurotic, which often portray one’s fears more than they do an empirical “truth,” then your brain will adapt to these imagined meanings, too. Like the sad tiger pacing back and forth within its puny cage, your brain too will ruminate cyclically upon destructive meanings, and in doing so make them more significant than they might need to be. This present perceptual meaning becomes part of your future history of meanings, together with the meaning (and re-meanings) of past events, thus shaping your future perception. If you don’t want to let received contexts limit possibility, then you need to walk in the darkest forest of all—the one in your own skull—and face down the fear of ideas that challenge.”

“Our perceptions are an ongoing, ever-growing. ever-changing story, and our brain allows us to be not just passive listeners to that story, but also the storytellers as well”

“Development never truly ends, as our brains evolved to evolve...we are adapted to adapt, to continually redefine normality, transforming ones space of possibility with new assumptions according to the continual process of trial and error”

“Are we products of nature or nurture? It's the wrong question. It's not one or the other. Nor is it a combination of both. It's their constant interaction.”

“Big Data: by itself doesn't yield insights...information doesn't serve us...without knowing why....unless something transformative is brought to these data sets (to create) understanding.

📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea

Our five senses provide a narrow window through which we view the world. Furthermore, our mental delusions and preconceived notions constrain how our brains perceive and comprehend sensory information. Understanding these processes, actively trying to break free from ingrained cognitive patterns, and learning to live with uncertainty are all necessary for creative thinking.

Until Tomorrow,
Jason (Founder Club255)