From Data to Wisdom

摘要

Try this: first, allow an image of a mountain to form in your mind. Then, picture a car. Now, think of a forest. Now a puppy, then a fish, a stone, a turtle, an American flag. You have no trouble keeping up. The mind has an astonishing ability to shift and swerve from thought to image without much hesitation or difficulty. Now, try this: Allow yourself to become thoroughly excited. Now feel terribly sad. Now feel confused, then angry. Now feel serene, now lonely and, finally, blissful. Having trouble? Like most of us, you probably feel a bit rushed, left behind.