Seeing Patterns We’ve Never Seen Before
The opportunity lies in how we use our attention. Neuroscience shows we have two networks at play:
- The dorsal network keeps us focused on tasks, filtering out anything that doesn’t fit.
- The ventral network opens us to what’s unexpected—breakthroughs, epiphanies, fresh insights.
Training ourselves to notice through the ventral network allows us to ask new questions, to see patterns we might otherwise dismiss, and to open to perspectives not bound by the past.
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