Too Fast to Think by Lewis, Chris -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Praise for Too Fast to Think Title Page Dedication Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 01 The information overload and the way it’s changing us

The scale of the overload Disproportionate effect of overload on millennial adults How overload is changing the media How news is changing How the world is actually getting better No information is correlated with ‘nothing happening’ Disproportionate effect of overload on women Conclusion

02 How did we allow ourselves to become so overloaded?

Competition and confidence What are the problems in the system? What should education be trying to do? Two worlds, still too far apart How it can be different Art used in science Conclusion

03 The ‘always on’ environment and its effect

Understanding the Type A The meeting The greeting Office layouts Conclusion

04 Your brain and how to use it

What you are capable of The impact of overload on the structures The left-brain process The right-brain process The left and right in history and culture So is the left brain, right brain a dead end? The awkward interview The boring presentation When things go wrong: the link between creativity, mental illness and depression Flow and pulse: the way to sustainable creativity Conclusion

05 Sleep matters

The link between technology and sleep The role of light The link between technology and general well-being Conclusion

06 Where great ideas come from

The ‘to-do list’ versus the ‘to-be list’ The sense of flow The big inhibitors Fear Mastery and failure The power of art Truth, beauty and aesthetics Conclusion

07 Generating better ideas

Generating better ideas: it’s all about you The Eight Creative Traits (QED3RPT) Generating better ideas: it’s all about others Training principles So, what else do you need to know? Taking others into the zone The Rise Academy at LEWIS The Rise Four I’s Creative Cycle Conclusion

08 How leaders apply creativity

A business success that doesn’t understand business Fighter The outsider’s insider An unlikely CEO ‘You can’t polish a turd’ Expelled for reading too much Just your average cat-breeding, stargazing, portrait-painting, military reservist politician Complete focus The power of logic and emotion in leading the Royal Navy Conclusion

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