The Power of Not Thinking by Simon Roberts Summary
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Discover why our bodies know more than our minds. Simon Roberts' groundbreaking exploration challenges AI's limits, revealing how Facebook's "2G Tuesdays" sparked innovation by experiencing user limitations firsthand. What intelligence are you missing by overthinking? Business leaders are taking note.
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When Your Body Knows More Than Your Mind
Have you ever tried explaining to someone how to ride a bicycle? You understand the mechanics-pedals, handlebars, balance-yet when pressed to articulate the actual process, words fail. "Just balance," you say, knowing this captures almost nothing of the intricate dance between muscles, momentum, and spatial awareness. This gap between doing and explaining reveals something profound: intelligence doesn't live solely in our heads. It pulses through our entire being, encoded in muscle memory, sensory perception, and physical intuition. We've become so captivated by artificial intelligence and data analytics that we've forgotten our most powerful processing system isn't computational-it's corporeal. Your body isn't just carrying your brain around; it's thinking alongside it, often with greater wisdom than conscious thought alone could muster. Rene Descartes fundamentally reshaped how we understand ourselves when he declared the mind and body separate entities. Picture a puppet: the mind pulls the strings while the body mechanically responds. In Descartes's view, the immaterial thinking mind animated an otherwise lifeless physical machine. This split wasn't just philosophical abstraction-it established a hierarchy that persists today: minds are trustworthy, bodies are merely transportation. Yet this framework misses something essential. When a concert pianist performs, are their fingers merely executing commands from a superior mind? Or has the music itself become embodied, with knowledge distributed throughout their physical being?
Maps, Data, and the Territory We've Forgotten
The Distributed Intelligence of Doing
The Body's Memory and the Paradox of Expertise
Reading Reality Through Pattern Recognition and Bodily Intuition
The Body as Empathy Engine and Business Intelligence
Reclaiming Your Embodied Advantage in an Artificial World
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Cree par des anciens de Columbia University a San Francisco
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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