Thanks. I don’t watch much, tv, movies, video. Basically grew up reading as a passion for information and find that while video presentation can be interesting, it isn’t necessarily efficient for communicating ideas, as it requires one to go at their pace and often the actual information conveyed is lost in trying to process the visuals, as well. Personally I like working outside and that’s where I get most of my visual stimulation.

A thought; Flies react far faster than we can, because there isn’t much cognition going on.

Personally I find the difference between being awake and dreaming only a matter of interruption. Our minds are constantly creating impressions of the world around us and projecting on them, imagination. So when we are awake, these mental flows are constantly having to reset, as new information comes in. While when we are dreaming, there is minimal outside input, so our minds just flow from one impression to the next, wandering around the rubbish in our minds and building narratives from them.

With very powerful people though, it seems this process tends to take over, as they can push back against that outside information much more effectively and consequently can live in more of what amounts to a dream state.

The result is that, “power corrupts.” They lose sight of those outside elements and become separated from what is going on. Of course, this applies to pretty much everyone, as we pick and chose the information that fits our own mental maps. Yet the larger reality is a function of balance, tension, contrast and friction, so we end up in these mental bubbles. Our nodes become separate from their networks.

Is seems the two ways to deal with this are generalization and specialization. Either standing far enough back to give a broad angle view, or get up close and study the details. Then learning to switch back and forth, as necessary.