While I had wanted to start this blog with an entry about a meal I had at The Elephant Bar, the difficulty in uploading photos to blogs has not yet been settled, so I just have to write about something that doesn't require photos.Despite the big hoo-haw over the cover depicting Obama and his wife as terrorists, The New Yorker Magazine is an excellent magazine. In the July 28 issue there a fascinating article about how we get insights. It starts with an anecdote about a fellow named Wag Dog (I am not making this up) who was fighting a fire with some other people when suddenly the fire began approaching them on a hill more rapidly than they could get away.
Thirteen of the firefighters died. Wag Dog had an insight that allowed him to save himself even when the fire overtook him. To find out what that insight was and how he saved himself, check out "The Eureka Hunt" in the July 28 issue of the New Yorker Magazine, pp 40 - 45.
While you're reading this fascinating article, you'll learn about research into how the brain functions and how we have insights. Remember Archimedes when he was taking a bath and suddenly shouted "Eureka" when he saw his bathwater rise ? Get an insight into that moment and many of your own and learn what will help you solve problems.
[About the photo accompanying the blog entry: I took this photo in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, at 4:30 a.m. on the night Obama was elected President of the United States. In a ballroom at one of the most expensive hotels in Abidjan, I was the only non-Ivoirian among the 500 or more people attending. Needless to say, everyone was thrilled when it was announced that Obama had won.]
