Jootsing: the art of jumping out of the system - Deepstash
Jootsing: the art of jumping out of the system

Jootsing: the art of jumping out of the system

Curated from: nesslabs.com

Ideas, facts & insights covering these topics:

5 ideas

·

2.35K reads

10

Explore the World's Best Ideas

Join today and uncover 100+ curated journeys from 50+ topics. Unlock access to our mobile app with extensive features.

Jumping Out Of The System

  • Jootsing or “Jumping Out Of The System” is a technique to encourage creativity in science, philosophy, and the arts.
  • All systems have rules. With jootsing, a system’s rules can be used as a starting point to work against.
  • The term was coined by Douglas Hofstadter, an American scholar of cognitive science, physics, and comparative literature.

115

627 reads

Daniel Dennett

“It helps to know the tradition if you want to subvert it. That’s why so few dabblers or novices succeed in coming up with anything truly creative.”

DANIEL DENNETT

99

437 reads

Jumping Out Of A System Requires Understanding The System

  • Jootsing means studying the rules of the system before you can break them.
  • Jootsing is a much more extreme version of thinking outside the box. Jootsing forces us to completely break away from the box, to create within a space that breaks the fundamental characteristics of the box.
  • But jootsing is not about breaking the rules for the sake of breaking the rules.

104

372 reads

Some Examples Of Jootsing

  • “You need water to use shampoo” → Dry shampoo
  • “You need a license to drive a taxi” → Uber
  • “You need alcohol to make cocktails” → Mocktails.

99

489 reads

Jootsing Consists Of Three Steps

Jootsing Consists Of Three Steps

  • Study the system. Read all the fundamental books, articles, and research papers that explore your system of interest. Contact experts, ask questions, become familiar with relevant policies. 
  • Understand the rules. While you study the system, make sure to take notes as to what rules are commonly considered as unbreakable. 
  • Jump out of the system. Take the rules one by one, and think of ways to break each of them.

126

428 reads

IDEAS CURATED BY

dav_rr

I`m too humble. That`s my problem.

David R.'s ideas are part of this journey:

How to Succeed at Investing

Learn more about problemsolving with this collection

How to create a diversified portfolio

How to analyze stocks and bonds

Understanding the basics of investing

Related collections

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates