Ideation

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Ideation is the process of generating new ideas. It is usually the result of using our downtime brain, which opens up to wide rather than deep form of thinking, letting our mind wander, explore and Play freely. Interestingly, complete freedom is tempting yet not recommended, we actually do better when there are some Limits that we have to follow.

Similarly, the level of our creativity is highly impacted by our environment. Due to the Mind-body connection, being in a closed space, monotonic, and rigid/hierarchical is harmful to our creative pursuit. Having the ability to think outside the box requires us to litteraly step out of it Extended Mind. To change our environment Clean Slate or shape it based on our preferences Environmental design

While this process can be improved, it can't be perfected. Many of the ideas, especially the first ones will be of low quality, but it shouldn't deter us, because eventually we will find some good ideas among the Noise.

Therefore generating ideas requires some level of Curiosity, otherwise we won't have the motivation to chase new ideas or continue past the bad ones.

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