[Questions] A Whole New Mind - pg. 117-148

1) What surprised you?
I had never heard of StoryBooth! I think it is really cool and people should build more in different places. I think it is a great way to have fun while learning something about someone else. I wsa also surprised that many engineering deadlocks have been broken by people who are not engineers at all. The quote "What I do is pattern recognition. I try to recognize the pattern before anyone else does" was very interesting too.

2) What did you already know?
I had an idea that the prefix 'multi' is becoming important. Now, everything requires more than one function and people are wanting less time consuming, but better working products.

3) Any new words? Provide definitions.
shellacked: to coat or treat with lac that has been purified
cornpone: of or characteristic of an unsophisticated rural person
riff: a melodic phrase, often constantly repeated
adorn: to decorate or add beauty to
hone: a precision tool with a mechanically rotated abrasive tip
bestow: to present as a gift
elude: to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery
androgynous: being both male and female
confectionary: a candy; sweetmeat
frilly: covered with or marked by frills

4) What changes will you make as a result of reading this?
I think I really should start writing "something". It will help me with creativity and I would develop writing skills from it. However....I should read more first. ^^;;;;;;

5) What questions has this left you with?
-(To Sid Caesar) Who are you to say that the guy who invented the wheel was an idiot? You should be thankful.
-On page 143 he says "many of us are crunched for time, deluged by information, and paralyzed by the weight of too many choices". This will never decrease with all the new inventions and creations. Will it?
-How can one feel like their life is a journey when it really feels like a treadmill?
-How can you start recognizing the 'negative space' from space?


6) What connections have you made to real life?
When he says what he had drawn at first was symbol of what he knew, not what it is, I could relate it to last night. My essay was full of symbols of what I knew vaguely, not what really was there.