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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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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...