Integrated Thinking: The New It
- ISBN-10
- 1490513264
- ISBN-13
- 9781490513263
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 234
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-08
- Publisher
- CreateSpace
- Author
- Sue Pearson
Description
Integrated Thinking, the New IT, brings together the different functions of the brain, including information-processing, the emotions and the unconscious, to create a new framework that can be applied to human, social, political, global and spiritual development, so that we can respond more appropriately to the changes and challenges we now face. The basis for this new way of thinking is what we think with - the brain itself. We know that the brain adapts to accommodate changes in the outside environment, and that it also produces change through the systems and societies it creates. What is less well known is that the brain seems to use its own internal systems and structures as the model for the social and political systems it creates in the world outside. In other words, the brain creates the world in its own image. This two-way mirror offers two opportunities for change: change the way we think and we change the outside world our brains create, while if we make changes in the way we organise our lives and societies, the brain will respond accordingly. However, before we change anything, it helps to know how it works, so Section 1 of the book gives an overview of how the different parts of the brain work separately and together, using simple diagrams and straightforward language. It describes the stages of human development, looking at both the brain's information processing capabilities and how it helps us progress emotionally, psychologically and morally. Section 1 also looks at what happens when one part of the brain becomes too dominant and others are neglected, and how the brain recycles previously dominant ways of thinking for new uses. If we integrate the different parts, it will reduce internal conflict, we can respond to changing circumstances in the most appropriate way and make best use of the brain's resources and adaptability. Section 2 takes the process of integration a step further by showing how the framework for human development, the New IT, can be applied to social and political development, with particular reference to the UK today. In doing this, we are copying the brain's example of linking internal and external systems and structures. As with personal development, Integrated Thinking could help reduce social conflict, support society in responding to challenges more appropriately and make better use of more evolved parts of our thinking. In addition, Section 2 considers the similarity between the unconscious and the criminal underworld, and also the similarity between the stage in personal development we call the 'midlife crisis' and today's social and political crises. In Section 3, we see how conflicts between the differing ways of thinking in the brain are reflected in conflicts and crises in the wider world, and look particularly at economic, environmental and energy crises. We also consider the effects of the Old IT, Information Technology, on the brain. The final chapter in this Section considers how a new world order might arise, based on this new way of thinking. Section 4 looks at what also needs to be included in Integrated Thinking - the world of the Mind and the spirit. It takes a new look at what is missing from our present mental construct of this world, such as the negative use of the Mind's powers and the role of the feminine. The book ends with hope for a new way of thinking and a new world, and asks a question that brings together the personal and the political in a positive and possibly predictive way. Could the world now be facing a global midlife crisis? Copyright: Sue Pearson 2013
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