The brain is not programmable, it can’t even perform the same action twice exactly the same way. For example, brain plans every motion differently each and every time, Movement Variability.
CPU1’s job is to to linear, logical thought, and language processing. It’s programmed with an idle loop, one that works when nothing else is being processed or thought. This idle loop will simply generate an internal stream of verbal chatter.
CPU2 is different. It’s a brain answer’s to Google, a super regular expression search engine. It can go off searching while you’re thinking on something else. It results asynchronously; sometimes, days later. It’s results are not verbal.
Both CPUs access the memory through a shared bus. Meaning both can’t access the memory at a single time. They interfere with each other.
Linear processing style of CPU1 Linear Mode, or just L-mode.
Asynchronous style of CPU2 as Rich mode, or R-mode.
R-mode is responsible for creativity, intuition and problem-solving while L-mode works in details and make them happen. For best performance, both should work together.
The images, feelings, and overall experience are R-mode things.
If your brain stops running it forgets everything.
“R-mode isn’t directly controllable.”
Always have something to take note of an idea, because R-mode works asynchronously and can give results anytime, anywhere.
“Capture all ideas to get more of them.”
Everyone—no matter their education, economic status, day job, or age—has good
ideas. But of this large number of people with good ideas, far fewer bother to keep track of them. Of those, even fewer ever bother to act on those ideas. Fewer still then have the resources to make it a success. To make it into the top of this pyramid, you have to at least keep track of good ideas.
Linear mode’s characteristics
Verbal
Using words to name, describe, define
Analytic
Figuring things out step by step, and part by part
Symbolic
Using a symbol to stand for something
Abstract
Taking out a small bit of information and using it to represent
the whole thing
Temporal
Keeping track of time, sequencing one thing after another
Rational
Drawing conclusions based on reason and facts
Digital
Using numbers as in counting
Logical
Drawing conclusions based on logic (theorems, well-stated
arguments)
Linear
Thinking in terms of linked ideas, one thought directly following
another, often leading to a convergent conclusion
“Learn by Synthesis as well as Analysis.”
Commoditization means you compete on aesthetics.
“Attractive things actually do work better.”
“Positive emotions are essential to learning and creative thinking.”
Being “happy” broadens your thought processes, and brings more of the brain’s hardware online.
Aesthetics make a difference, whether it’s in a user interface, the layout of your code and comments, choices of variable names, arrangement of your desk top, or whatever.
“Strive for good design; it really works better.”
“Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.”
Creativity, comes from the selection and assembly of just the right components in just the right presentation to create the work. Selection in turn, comes from pattern matching.
If you’re looking global patterns, you require R-mode while L-mode is good for parts and working in detail.
“Rewire your brain with belief and constant practice.”
The do-it-yourself brain surgery is to “think” that your brain can learn indefinitely, that there is no limit to its capabilities.
“Use it or lose it.” If you use a skill set, you gain its experience resulting in learning more about it. In contrary, if you don’t practice, you’ll lose it. Want to better at something? Practice it more.