- If our collections of ideas, thoughts, and memories are a web of data, thinking can be imagined as the process of navigating that web. The way we navigate depends on the purpose:
- convergent, or solution-oriented, thinking involves finding a clear path through our ideas to address a given problem, or
- divergent, or creativity-oriented, thinking involves more free exploration with the goal of finding associations between seemingly unrelated ideas.
- {10d2a} good thinking is effective navigation of your knowledge graph
- {10d2b} good ideas are interesting paths through your knowledge graph
- Good thinking is effective navigation and good ideas are interesting paths through your knowledge. A solid grasp of knowledge navigation is also important for writing since writing is turning your networked thought into a linear narrative.
- This is a more open-ended approach to {6.4a} idea sex or combinational creativity — instead of explicitly looking at creative thought as a combination of ideas, this looks at creative thought as the process of finding connections.
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