Conceptual Blockbusting

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1. bkdbkdOct 2024
   You might find the book: "Conceptual Blockbusting", James L. Adams helpful. It contains thoughts and activities that focus on the 'process of thinking' or problem solving. And how we go about characterizing a problem or situation.

   One of the best I've read on how to think about thinking.

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2. starjockeyJun 2017
   These thoughts are also influencing my life for the past 20 years.I have done the following:

   -understand myself better.see book "please understand me II", David Keirsey.check a copy on gen.lib.rus.ec

   -improve my perception processes."Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas", James L. Adams.you can check a copy for any book on prev website

   -start to observe and enjoy the details in even the most "mundane" things(like a rock) around me.the "diskworld" series,terry pratchet

   -any time i feel like going i begin starving&dehydration myself.in 1 month you go.see "the great starvation experiment",todd tucker

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3. gyepiApr 2014
   I read The Inner Game of Tennis based on Alan Kay's description in a youtube video. It is an excellent book.

   I am glad to see Csikszenmihalyi on the list as well. Flow is a very powerful concept; we all know it, but understanding it and using it effectively is a different matter entirely.

   After reading The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh, I realized that all three books are actually talking about the same subject from different perspectives.

   To this list, I would add:

   anything by Robert Grudin, but especially:

   Time and the Art of Living and The Grace of Great Things

   How to solve it by G. Polya

   Conceptual Blockbusting by James Adams

   Nice to see the Mortimer Adler recommendation as well, but I think his How to Read a Book should be a prerequisite for serious reading.

   As I've gotten older, I've come to the conclusion that true understanding requires the kind of depth that comes from knowing one's self intimately. It's a lot harder than it sounds, especially for a technologist.

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4. jwdunneMar 2017
   How unusual :) I'm reading Conceptual Blockbusting, based on the recommendation in programming pearls (another great book btw). It just walked me through the method of loci technique as a demonstration of using long term memory.
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