Jootsing: the art of jumping out of the system
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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.
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“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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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