... three tools for thinking better ...

• causality – systems thinking
• chance – probabilistic thinking
• conflict – optimization thinking

"Instead of a Book" summary ... not Lysander Spooner's reason ("... to busy to write one") – rather the opposite ("... we're all too busy to read another one")

wisdom of Keith Johnstone ... improvisation, reversal, relentless forward motion

• "Yes, and ..."
• "Don't try to do your best ..."
• "Make your partners look good ..."

insight:

• Be – mindfulness – attention – here —now
• If – nonattachment – acceptance – spirit
• Do – oneness – alliance – kindness – love

category theory:

• transcend – "move up a level and look at things from a higher perspective, where distracting details fade and larger patterns emerge"
• invert – "turn things around, run processes backwards, and look for duality or complementary"
• embed – "see something inside a larger, perhaps similar, thing and take advantage of that larger realm to understand features that were non-obvious"

optimism:

(candidates in bold)

• To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
• To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
• To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
• To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
• To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
• To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
• To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
• To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
• To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
• To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

Toki Pona:

• simplicity
• goodness
• ?

_{(cf Think Better - Three Keys (2019-06-25), Chance, Cause, Clash (2021-01-21), ...) - ^z - 2024-06-??}