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To deal with future we have to deal with possibilities. Analysis will only tell us what is.

Edward de Bono

A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
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Character Discover Ideas Intuition Solution
People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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People Realize
There’s a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don’t have to think, you just have to get more information – gets very dangerous.
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Dangerous Information Social Media Thinking Yourself
Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination – so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.
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Arrival Destination Social Truth Value
Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.
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Creativity Learning Level
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
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Development Existence Ideas
You can’t dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.
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Different Hole Oneself
Creative thinking – in terms of idea creativity – is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.
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Creativity Ideas Nurture Practice Talent Thinking
This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.
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Dignity Himself Proper System Weakness Wrong
The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.
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Comfort Finding Myself Old Problem
A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.
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Complete Memories
Lateral thinking is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and used. It is possible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics.
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Creativity Information Mathematics Process Thinking
We need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information.
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Information Need Substitute Thinking
A question is a polite way of demanding something.
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Demand Polite Question
We do not make very full value of the opportunities provided by technology because we prefer critical to constructive thinking, argument to design.
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Argument Criticism Design Opportunity Technology Value
Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.
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Focus Important Question Simplicity Way

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