CHAPTER 5
THE POWER OF SYNTHESIS
Cultivate Creative Integration
Comparing the capacity of computers to the capacity of the human brain, I’ve often wondered, where does our success come from? The answer is synthesis, the ability to combine creativity and calculation, art and science, into a whole that is much greater than the sum of its parts.1
—Garry Kasparov, former World Chess Champion
In an economy founded on information abundance, the lion’s share of value goes to those who can synthesize a multitude of elements to comprehend the whole, ...
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