Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change by Leonard Mlodinow. Leonard is in fact a theoretical physicist and widely recognized for his discoveries in physics.
Throughout the book he shares stories about both parents (before meeting) having survived the holocaust. His father was part of the resistance in Poland and was sent to Buchenwald. Moreover, he worked and co-authored a book with Stephen Hawking.
Leonard describes elastic thinking as “what endows us with the ability to solve novel problems and to overcome the neural and psychological barriers that can impede us from looking beyond the existing order.”
This book certainly reveals new discoveries in the neuroscience of change. Above all, our brain works in many ways, right side versus left side, injury outcomes, medication, and absolutely amazing technology advancements in brain research. For example, the introduction story of Pokemon Go is a baseline example for Elastic Thinking.
Dr. Mlodinow unquestionably identifies elastic thinking as a series of multiple sets: neophilia (an affinity for novelty), schizotypy (a tendency toward unusual perception), imagination and idea generation, and finally divergent and integrative thinking.
