A New Theory of Serendipity: Nature, Emergence and Mechanism
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A New Theory of Serendipity: Nature, Emergence and Mechanism

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A New Theory of Serendipity: Nature, Emergence and Mechanism

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The book explores the nature, underlying causes, and the information processing mechanism of serendipity. It proposes that natural or social survival demands drive serendipity, and serendipity is conditional on the environment and the mindset, on both individual and collective levels. From Darwin's evolution theory to Sun Tzu's war tactics, major innovations throughout human history are unified by this key concept. In the rapidly changing world, information is abundant but rather chaotic. The adaptive power of serendipity allows people to notice treasures within this wild sea, but only for those who understand how it works. To increase the probability of encountering and attaining serendipity, one should employ the mindsponge mechanism and the 3D process of creativity, for without these frameworks, serendipity is truly an elusive target. The book also discusses methods to build environments and cultures rich in navigational and useful information to maximize the chance of finding and capitalizing on serendipity. As a skill, serendipity has a resemblance to how kingfishers observe and hunt their prey

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Yes, you can access A New Theory of Serendipity: Nature, Emergence and Mechanism by Quan-Hoang Vuong in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Business & Gestione. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Sciendo
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9788366675872
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Gestione
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgment
  6. About the editor and Contributors
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Chapter 1: A question lingering for ten years
  10. Chapter 2: How do we perceive serendipity?
  11. Chapter 3: A conditional process to serendipity
  12. Chapter 4: Serendipity as a survival skill
  13. Chapter 5: Natural and social survival: the drivers of serendipity
  14. Chapter 6: A new theory of serendipity
  15. Chapter 7: Conditions for improving serendipity encounter and attainment probability
  16. Chapter 8: From soul-touching concept to serendipity greatness
  17. Chapter 9: Revisiting the floppy-eared-rabbit serendipity circumstance
  18. Chapter 10: Environments and cultures that nurture serendipity strikes
  19. Chapter 11: Preliminary explanations of serendipity based on nonlinear information process
  20. Chapter 12: Reflecting on the new theory of serendipity
  21. Book references
  22. Index