Literature

Innovative Minds Dont Think Alike and Youre Bored But Your Brain is Tuned In are two articles that talk about the human mindits capacity (or incapacity) to think outside of the box and the ironic effect that boredom do to our brains. The first article Innovative Minds Dont Think Alike by Janet Rae-Dupree talks about the curse of knowledge. The curse of knowledge is the term used to describe losing ones creativity. The curse of knowledge happens because the more people get smart at one thing, the less creative they become in the same field. Knowing this kind of information is valuable because it can prevent us from becoming the very same people that the author has described in her article, people create products that are only appreciated by them (the creators), like the large, 52-button remote that can only be operated by the design engineer. The article makes a lot of sense it provides information that would have not been noticed by common people had they not read the article.

Like the previous article, the next article, Youre Bored But Your Brain is Tuned In, is also about the human mind, specifically when the mind is bored or at its default state.  Knowing this information provides some kind of comic relief for our bored minds as it cites interesting facts about our brains and the paradox of it being active even if we are bored. Knowing this would also change our perception of boredom. Now, boredom would not just look like virtual nothingness but a legitimate state of mind.