Ideas for Transformation
#76 Pattern Thinking, part 1
By RCG
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March 29th, 2009
• Recorded: November 29, 2008 •
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- What are patterns
- Science: map of the world, theory
- Structure wih a specific rhythm and beat
- Mythology: Frank Herbert’s quote
- Usefulness: patterns are everywhere, which ones we care about?
- Repetition of a structure, sequence
- Patterns in Self
- Personal growth
- Where you are, where you are going, and how to get there
- Patterns in Relationships
- Patterns in large systems
- Business, politics
- Why spotting patterns is important
- Survival
- Usefulness and dangers of patterns
- Saves you CPU cycles
- Learn from prior generations
- Automated thinking, robotizing
- Distinction: who has control – you over pattern, or pattern over you
- Patterns help to survive, but too much pattern kills adaptation, which leads to extinction
- Context of war: make sure you spot your patterns before your opponent does
- Context of personal growth: use your friends / teachers to spot your patterns
- Whose patterns are these? Where did you get them from? Do they work for you?
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Comments
Natural proclivity to finding patterns everywhere can also lead to seeing them where there is none as in “Fooled by randomness” by Nickolas Taleb.
GregY – is randomoness not a pattern?
While I see what you are saying, we would argue that ability to see patterns is an absolute must in order to be efficient and effective. Being able to break through patterns is important for growth.
There are some more podcasts left in this series, so would be curious about your thoughts once you hear them all.
We do appriciate and enjoy thinking different and divergent from ours, so please do feel free to share your thoughts.
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