Why It’s Interesting
Elastic thinking involves us putting together many disparate ideas to form a new way of doing things.
Provides insights into how we can respond to new and novel challenges.
It disputes the metaphor that our brain is like a computer.
Mlodinow explains that “frozen thinking” occurs when you have a fixed orientation that determines the way you frame or approach a problem and most likely occurs when you are an expert in your field.
“To encourage elastic thinking in our society, we have to wean ourselves away from the constant stimuli provided by screens.”
