How diverse perspectives fuel human ingenuity
At Hunome, we’re in the business of perspectives. We connect them, analyze them, build on them. But where do these perspectives come from? The short answer is our members, but there’s so much more to it than that.
Innovative problem-solving through human ingenuity
Human ingenuity is how human minds influence how we think, work, play, construct relationships, and interact with each other. Our ingenuity can cause problems, find solutions to problems, transform things and rationalize thought.
Human ingenuity has long been our competitive advantage. Still, as our world becomes more complex and rapidly exceeds our intellectual grasp, political scientist Thomas Homer-Dixon pinpoints the ‘ingenuity gap’. As we solve one problem, a new, more complicated, unanticipated issue emerges. Just look at the societal impact of social media platforms, the polarization of society, and the world’s response to COVID-19, to name just a few topical examples.
The issue isn’t lack of ingenuity but the growing need to broaden our understanding to keep up with the world around us. If we cast the net wider, we catch more fish.
Perspective matters
Humans apply complex thought processes to bring ideas together and see the relationships between diverse subjects. We form perspectives by connecting our internal pool of emotional responses, context from our own experiences, feedback from our senses, with contributions from other humans, the environment around us, and so much more.
Our perspectives are our points of view and form our perceptions: our truth or reality. Once formed, they fuel our ingenuity, enabling us to organize ourselves differently, communicate and make decisions in new ways.
We are constantly processing and understanding the world around us, and applying our learnings. But as if that wasn’t impressive enough as it is, we also have this remarkable ability to understand other peoples’ perspectives.
Fusing diverse perspectives promotes human ingenuity
We put ourselves in other people’s shoes, taking on their motivations and drivers to understand their perspectives. Human ingenuity allows us to learn from a situation and respond in a different way by taking on another’s point of view. So much so that we actively seek out other perspectives daily in our personal and professional lives. This diversity of thought enriches our ability to comprehend, solve problems, and make decisions collectively. It expands our realm of understanding to encompass that which exists outside of ourselves.
Hunome steps in as the platform designed to connect perspectives and make sense of contemporary problems and issues. Similar to how individuals internally process information, perspectives can evolve, and members collectively build upon topics by adding their viewpoints. Analysis facilitates further insights, deepening our understanding.
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