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Category Archives: My Next Book
Jottings
The blog is getting to be a bit of a struggle with two new books, both with the same deadline. Fortunately one is done, but I keep having ideas for things that should perhaps be included. And don’t anyone mention … Continue reading →
Harry Potter and the Da Vinci book of Sodoku
Future Minds has now gone off to print, which is why the blog has suddenly become so active. BTW, did you know that authors are now under pressure from publishers to write books that have titles that are search engine … Continue reading →
Preface From New Book (pre-edit)
“Google knows everything” – Nick, aged 8. This is a book about how the digital era is changing our minds. It is about how new digital objects and environments, such as the internet, mobile phones and e-books are re-wiring our … Continue reading →
Where Do People Do Their Best Thinking?
You may remember that as part of my new book (Future Minds) I spoke to a few people asking them the question: “Where and when do you do your best thinking?” Here are some more responses… “Over the decades, I … Continue reading →
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Where Do People Think?
As part of my new book I decided to conduct some research looking at where people did their best thinking. Here are the results. The sample was 624 people. Please note that in some cases I have grouped similar responses … Continue reading →
Thinking Spaces
This from my new book, the responses of 999 people to the question: “Where and when do you do your best thinking? The Top Ten most frequent answers (ranked 1-10 in descending order) 1. When I’m alone 2. Last thing … Continue reading →
How Minds are Different to Machines
OK all you egg heads out there. What’s wrong with this list? Ten ways that our minds are currently different to our machines 1. The basis of human intelligence is experience and is based on sensory awareness of information coming … Continue reading →
Not So Fast
Interesting to see a piece in The Times about a research study conducted by the University of California, San Diego, saying that traits such as compassion and tolerance are hard wired into the human brain. I’m not so sure about … Continue reading →