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Required Reading:

1. Eisenstein, Charles. (2013). The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is

Possible. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.

2. Root-Bernstein, Robert and Michele. (1999). Sparks of Genius: The 13

Thinking Tools of the World’s Most Creative People. New York: Houghton

Mifflin Company.


* Expect to write a paragraph per question. Answers will be graded on accuracy

and thoroughness. Be specific and give details from the texts and in-class material

(NOT the Internet)



1. What are the main ideas of the chapter Psychopathy and what do you think of them?

2. What are the main ideas of the chapter Evil and what do you think of them?

3. Describe the thinking tool “modeling”, as explained by Sparks of Genius?

Name two examples used in the chapter that were not discussed in class.

4. Describe the main ideas from the in-class material during this week, and give

your thoughts about them.

3. What are the main ideas of the chapter Disruption and what do you think of them?

4. What are the main ideas of the chapter Miracle and what do you think of them?

5. What are the main ideas of the chapter Consciousness and what do you think of them?

6. Describe the thinking tool “transforming”, as explained by Sparks of Genius?

Name two examples used in the chapter that were not discussed in class.

7. Describe the main ideas from the in-class material during this week, and give your thoughts about them.

8. What are the main ideas of the chapter Destiny and what do you think of them?

9. What are the main ideas of the chapter Initiation and what do you think of them?

10. Describe the thinking tool “synthesizing”, as explained by Sparks of Genius?

Name two examples used in the chapter that were not discussed in class.

11. Describe the main ideas from the in-class material during this week, and give your thoughts about them.


Comprehensive questions:

1. Based on what you have learned in this class, how will you live, study and work with a more creative mind?

2. Describe the shift from the “old story” to the “new story” (as Eisenstein calls them). What conclusions have you come to after reading this book?

3. What did you learn from doing the personal experiments? Be both general and specific. **(my personal experiments are attached below)

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1 Humanities Personal Experiment The feeling of loneliness, of being an outsider, is one feeling that never seems to leave it sticks like glue and at times it stays even after you are successful and happy. There is always that fear of being left out, need to belong that leads to needing to conform, to have a part in social activities. Most young people often get stressed if the social groups reject them. I choose to test the concept of “Fear & the need to Belong (conformity; stress; social beings)” in my everyday school life. Belonging is a fundamental human need, and even in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, belonging is classified as one of human needs. I choose the concept as I could relate to it, just like most young people would. The school was the best environment to apply the concept, observe, collect data, analyze, the theory and make an appropriate conclusion. I thought a three-week period would give me enough time to explain my hypothesis. The first two days I sat and came up with a monitoring system that includes three-part that I believe are crucial in this test. The first part of the surveillance system was measures of processes and outcomes, the second would entail putting up systems to monitor and observe participants, and finally, the last part of the monitoring system required performance feedback, which I decide to make regular. I did a breakdown on the three sections to help in setting up of objectives. The measure of the process included the following aspects: Participants, real setting, media to cover the data, the resources I needed. To measure outcome, I would see charges in practice of members. To collect data I choose event logo since it’s an account of primary activities of the test in written form. The log information I sort to include: The day/ month of action, details describing the importance of the event and results and further breakdown of the people involved, the group, the membership club. The participants were the school football team, my objective was to monitor their behavior during class, after school when at the field and after the game. I requested my friends to help so as to avoid being bias and also to allow flexibility in my busy schedule. The interaction pattern depicted by the team was my unit of observation. I collected data and included more study about individual behavior from the library. Every day my friends and I would monitor the behavior of each student in the team during class, and during breaks, in the evening we took turns to be on the field to make a further observation and also after the game we monitored the team member’s behavior. It was not easy following up on each team member after school, so we just observed their behavior just around the school compound. What I realized was 60% of the team members during class had not much to say they, were mostly not so involved. During breaks, the 60% preferred to sit with their team member and at this point there was a change in behavior most were wild, loud a very different from the person they were in class. The always preferred to follow the team captain and his friends around and agreed to almost anything he said. There was the bit of competition within the top cadres’ members of the team as a feeling of better than the other dominated. During the game, 30% of the team members fought to outshine one another while the other 70% followed the leads of the team captain. After, the game in the locker rooms 80% agreed with remarks made by the team leader and his friends. Further, only 10% of the team members kept the friend out of the team and had a different social life, but 90% of the members participated in whatever the team did after school. Also, 55% of the member most times had a different opinion from the team but at the end up doing what the team expected. It seems most of the participant’s portrayed inadequacy in making their decisions, they conformed to the group’s decision and wanted to identify with whoever was at the top. They wanted to maintain a social status by following the team captain around the school. It seemed the requirement to have a part of the team was to agree with everything the team decided and to mostly what the captain thought was right. They did not stay together because they had same beliefs as during class most portrayed a different set of behavior. The member of the team showed little signs of individuality as the decision making was by the team. It is evident from the analysis that most people want to belong and even if it cost them their identity. Most members bared the burden of discomfort and were not always happy away from the team. It is evident that conforming to a group means losing your beliefs and values and it also entails getting stressed. It is not good to leave in someone else shadow so as to maintain a social standing as it may affect one’s future life. Conformity is a central part in social influence and group control at the time makes people do things, not in their norm. As much as their other causes of different behavior from normal behavior, social influence is one of the major drives to such deviations. So people need not always confirm or have a desire to fit in as such efforts mean losing who they are every day. In the recent past, environmental pollution has led to adverse effects on the climate change and patterns. The change of climate as witnessed globally has become a significant challenge in the present day with global warming being one of the biggest problems. The only way we can avoid such adverse changes in the climate is by protecting and appreciating the environment that we so much gain from. As such, I chose the concept of climate change and experimented on simple daily actions that we may all adopt a strategy that will play a crucial role in protecting our environment as well as controlling the adverse changes in climate. For three weeks, I focused on everyday actions that I would take to protect the environment. The first action was making sure that I collect any pollutant such as plastic or paper pieces in our compound and put it in the trash bin. Moreover, I put up two trash bins in the compound, one meant for recyclable materials and another one for trash that could not be recycled. For three weeks, I would make sure that I have picked up the trash on a daily basis after school. The other action that I performed on a regular basis was trying to make sure that I conserve the energy we use daily in our home. For a duration of three weeks, I would make sure that all electronic accessories such as bulbs and refrigerators, were switched off when not in use. I also insisted that the other family members follow the same and turn everything off when there was nobody at home. I also replaced the old bulbs with new energy saving light bulbs. The last action that I took was making sure that all the clothes washed during that duration were dried on a clothesline rather than using the washing machine. During and after the three week period, I discovered that the traces of trash which were always seen in the compound were no more. Everybody in the family had not only developed the habit of throwing litter in the garbage bins but even distinguished between the trash to throw in the separate containers. The compound became cleaner and even conducive. I also learned that everybody else in the family had adopted the idea of making sure that the electronic accessories that were not in use were always off. I noticed my little sister for once beginning to switch off the lights in her room at night. Moreover, all the clothes washed were no longer dried using the drying machines but rather were dried in the sun, a habit my mother practices up to today. All of us can affect a change in the protecting the environment from pollution no matter how petty it may seem to be. Every person can make his/her own choices regarding protecting the environment. Before I started the small though very significant daily actions of trying to protect my closest environment, everybody else could not solve any problem, but the moment we all joined hands in these actions they all saw a huge improvement. As a matter of fact, the electricity bills dropped significantly, and the compound was always clean. The production and use of energy are one of the leading causes of environmental pollution by human beings. Conserving the energy plays a huge role in reducing air and water pollution by reducing the burning of fossil fuels and as such protecting the environment. I believe charity begins at home and by starting the actions with my home compound will see my neighbor do the same tomorrow and sooner or later we will all adopt such measures and much more. This means that all of us can fix the problem of climate change as a result of environmental pollution by protecting the environment.
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Q1: One of the main ideas of the psychopathy chapter was that the psychopathic persons hold
power, which they attempt to use in thwarting everyone who tries to challenge them. The
chapter also explained the origin of psychopathy as the sense of “Insecurity.” According to the
author, when a scenario is perceived as insecure, one attempts to isolate self from the others.
The author explained that the economic system is a possible source of psychopathy, since it
brings a need to compete for the limited resources, even when there is abundance. In my view,
it is true that psychopathy as one aims o satisfy one’s needs at the expense of the others. For
instance, in politics, some psychopaths supports the politicians who would provide them with
material gains, regardless of whether such politicians would be appropriate to the society.
Q2: The main idea of the “Evil” chapter is that the “dark side of humanity” doesn’t necessarily
explain why people’s actions are evil. The author explains that the evil we see in humans is
sometimes a response to a condition. For instance, the author gave an example of a scenario in
which in a daycare, a single lady was taking care of 12 toddlers, and thus constrained a 8months toddler in a cage. In this case, the lady was not evil for not allowing the kid to crawl. In
my thinking, this is true since in many times, we act in an evil way in resp...


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