Operating an Online Think Tank is intriguing and hard work, in fact it might be better for someone like me to join a think tank rather than run one in hindsight. Not long ago a gentleman had contacted us and presented us with a research paper and 30 years of study on Mind Mapping.
Indeed he had read every book on the subject under the sun and compiled much of this knowledge into a strategy for decision making and thinking. So, I sat down and read the 90-page .pdf and got back with him by email over the weekend to thank him for the link. You see, I agree we need to teach people to think and turn on their minds, if they choose to go there.
One issue I have had with organizations like the World Future Society is that they wished to show people how to think so they could be futurists then assign recommended reading material, then advise on how to assimilate the data and project that into the future. Except in doing so, they noted that "See" everyone who is smart comes to the same conclusions so therefore; "We must be right!" Then they decided that they must use these "Truths" and plot a political movement. Of course in the end that really is not so much thinking as indoctrination.
I suppose this is why I was so happy to read; The Human Knowledge Mind Map and learn the secrets of this fascinating method and philosophy in learning;
http://www3.sympatico.ca/cypher2/WebMindMapBook.pdf
It seems that I now concur that almost none of Humanity is ready for what is coming very fast; The Future. And the technologies, which will revolutionize the way we live. It seems that the MindMap strategy might just be what people need. Consider it, meanwhile I certainly hope this article propelled thought for you in 2007.
