Tim Harford: A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity
Tim Harford: Un metodo potente per liberare la tua naturale creatività
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is to do neither."
of multitasking, isn't it,
al drammaturgo romano Publilio Siro,
the Roman writer Publilius Syrus,
he probably never said it.
come vanno queste cose
is -- is it true?
for emailing at the dinner table
una mail durante una cena
for live tweeting at TED Talk, as well.
o twittiamo durante un TED Talk.
that for an important kind of activity,
per un'attività più importante,
cose contemporaneamente
or three or even four --
four remarkable scientific papers.
scientifici straordinari.
that atoms exist,
che l'atomo esiste
dietro molta dell'economia finanziaria.
behind most of financial economics.
sulla relatività ristretta.
of special relativity.
sull'effetto fotoelettrico.
on the photoelectric effect,
Molto interessante.
it's a nice one.
che avrete già sentito.
you might have heard of:
shouldn't do several things at once.
non dovreste fare più cose assieme.
and the photoelectric effect --
e l'effetto fotoelettrico
kind of multitasking
you're watching "Westworld."
Einstein's -- he's Einstein,
è unico e inimitabile.
that Einstein was demonstrating,
assunto da Einstein
among highly creative people,
tra le persone molto creative,
che tra gli scienziati.
feels like a counterintuitive idea.
un'idea contro-intuitiva.
on the go at the same time,
contemporaneamente
between topics as the mood takes you,
argomenti in base all'umore
into multitasking out of desperation.
al multitasking per disperazione.
we want to do everything at once.
e vogliamo fare tutto in una volta.
to slow multitasking down,
a rallentare il multitasking
quite brilliantly.
in maniera eccezionale.
by the name of Bernice Eiduson
psicologa Bernice Eiduson
and the working habits
e le abitudini lavorative
erano vincitori di un Nobel,
and Richard Feynman.
Richard Feynman.
professor Eiduson herself had died.
della professoressa Eiduson.
a cui voleva rispondere era:
are able to go on producing important work
a lavorare a tanti progetti importanti
is it their skill set,
o determinate capacità e abitudini?
and I think to some people surprising.
e forse anche sorprendente.
kept changing the subject.
sempre materia di studio.
published research papers.
cento articoli pubblicati.
enduringly creative scientists
per gli scienziati più creativi
in their first 100 research papers.
nei loro primi cento articoli.
to creativity is multitasking
fosse il multitasking al rallentatore.
we need to reclaim multitasking
di recuperare il multitasking
how powerful it can be.
quanto può essere potente.
to have found this.
to study different highly creative people
analizzare le persone altamente creative,
they have multiple projects in progress
questi hanno diversi progetti in ballo
than most of us to have serious hobbies.
che abbiano hobby più seri dei nostri.
among creative people is ubiquitous.
è diffuso tra i creativi.
an idea from its original context
un'idea dal suo contesto originario
from one box into another.
consider the original eureka moment.
il primo momento "eureka".
with a difficult problem.
con un problema difficile.
the displacement of water.
lo spostamento dell'acqua.
as he's taking a bath,
the water level rise and fall.
il livello dell'acqua salire e scendere.
while having a bath isn't multitasking,
un bagno non è multitasking
that multitasking can work
il multitasking funziona
about the benefits of cross-training.
dell'allenamento incrociato.
your mind, too.
18 studenti di medicina a caso.
18 randomly chosen medical students
at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,
al Museum of Art di Filadelfia
and analyze works of visual art.
e l'analisi delle arti visive.
with a control group
al gruppo di controllo
at performing tasks
in alcune mansioni
by analyzing photographs.
dell'occhio analizzandone le foto.
better at what we do,
in ciò che facciamo,
doing something else,
appear to be as completely distinct
sono nettamente diversi
example than Einstein? OK.
meno intimidatorio di Einstein?
of "Jurassic Park" and "E.R."
Jurassic Park e E.R.
he originally trained as a doctor,
specializzando in medicina
the original "Westworld" movie.
about computer programming.
the fruits of all this variety
di tutta questa varietà
most commercially successful book.
di maggior successo commerciale,
successful TV series.
di maggior successo commerciale
successful movie.
can help us solve problems.
può aiutarci a risolvere i problemi.
when we're stuck.
siamo bloccati su qualcosa.
of working on a crossword puzzle
di quando si fa un cruciverba
the wrong answer is stuck in your head.
si è fissata nella vostra mente.
just go and do something else.
to pop into the front of your mind.
che apparirà nella vostra mente.
that interests me,
che interessa a me,
your rockets keep crashing.
about a school for wizards.
che parla di una scuola per maghi
to the problem that you're working on.
al problema su cui stai lavorando.
means stasis, stress,
porta a stasi, stress,
challenging project to work on,
e impegnativo al quale lavorare,
to do something else.
di fare qualcos'altro.
even Albert Einstein.
persino Albert Einstein.
miraculous year that I described,
di cui ho parlato prima,
of his theory of general relativity,
della teoria della relatività generale,
ad un problema minore.
emission of radiation.
stimolata di radiazione
foundation for the laser beam,
teoriche del raggio laser
and he's refreshed.
sentendosi rigenerato.
to believe it for years.
a crederci per anni.
on laser beams,
for slow-motion multitasking.
il multitasking al rallentatore.
that it's going to turn you into Einstein.
come Einstein.
to turn you into Michael Crichton.
diventerete come Michael Crichton.
to organize our creative lives.
per organizzare la vostra vita creativa.
becoming completely overwhelming?
che questi progetti non ci travolgano?
straight in our minds?
tutte le idee che abbiamo?
a practical solution
choreographer, Twyla Tharp.
americana Twyla Tharp.
mixed genres, won prizes,
mescolato generi, vinto premi
from Philip Glass to Billy Joel.
da Philip Glass a Billy Joel.
multitasker, of course she is.
al rallentatore, di sicuro.
projects from becoming overwhelming
questi diversi progetti non ci travolgano
a big cardboard box,
ad ogni progetto,
on the side of the box.
and books, magazine cuttings,
libri, ritagli di giornale
of creative inspiration.
have to worry about forgetting.
non mi preoccupi di dimenticare.
for a creative person
per una persona creativa
and put it in a safe place.
e messa in un posto sicuro.
gestire molte idee,
or in their digital equivalents.
o nei loro equivalenti digitali.
of slow-motion multitasking.
del multitasking al rallentatore.
multitasking is so staggering,
è così sbalorditivo
was doing at different times,
ha fatto in diversi momenti
Howard Gruber and Sara Davis
Howard Gruber e Sara Davis
and his notebooks.
e i suoi quaderni.
a due discipline,
the onboard naturalist on the "Beagle."
il naturalista di bordo del Beagle.
that eventually took five years
the southern oceans of the Earth,
meridionali della Terra
passing through the Indian ocean.
passando per l'Oceano Indiano.
a studiare la barriera corallina.
he began researching coral reefs.
between his two interests
tra le sue due materie preferite,
about slow processes.
even further: psychology, botany;
alla psicologia e alla botanica.
between these different fields.
tra queste diverse materie.
on two very interesting projects.
a due progetti molto interessanti.
which he titles
studying my field, economics.
la mia materia, l'economia.
Thomas Malthus.
by the economist Thomas Malthus.
could emerge and evolve slowly,
possano nascere ed evolversi lentamente
of the survival of the fittest.
di sopravvivenza del più forte.
he writes it all down,
of the theory of evolution,
della teoria dell'evoluzione,
experiment right there,
the development of a human infant.
inizia a prendere appunti.
Darwin starts making notes.
alla teoria dell'evoluzione
on the theory of evolution
enough about taxonomy.
abbastanza di tassonomia.
becoming the world's leading expert
il maggior esperto mondiale
for his entire life, he never finishes it.
per tutta la vita
"L'origine delle specie"
all the basic elements.
di tutti gli elementi essenziali.
controversial book.
un libro controverso.
the development of the human infant.
del bambino,
when he could see his son, William,
quando vide suo figlio, William,
floor in front of him.
William was 37 years old.
William aveva 37 anni.
a lavorare sui lombrichi.
in pots, with glass covers.
sistemati in pentole coperte da un vetro.
to see if they'll respond.
per vederne la reazione.
to see if they move away.
per vederne i movimenti.
to see if they have a sense of smell.
per capire se sentono gli odori.
at the earthworms.
of his book "The Descent of Man."
verrà recepito dal pubblico.
or turn on the television.
o accenderemmo la TV.
into the billiard room to relax
nella sala biliardo a rilassarsi
that one of his last great works
ultimi importanti lavori
Through The Action of Worms."
per l'azione dei lombrichi".
potrebbe lavorare
projects for 44 years.
o scientifico per 44 anni.
from the great slow-motion multitaskers.
dai migliori multitasker al rallentatore.
to Michael Crichton and Twyla Tharp.
a Michael Crichton e Twyla Tharp.
to present us with a choice.
davanti ad una scelta.
from browser window to browser window,
da una finestra all'altra del pc
to the exclusion of everything else.
escludendo tutte le altre.
che il multitasking funzioni per noi
naturale creatività.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tim Harford - Economist, journalist, broadcasterTim Harford's writings reveal the economic ideas behind everyday experiences.
Why you should listen
In the Undercover Economist column he writes for the Financial Times, Tim Harford looks at familiar situations in unfamiliar ways and explains the fundamental principles of the modern economy. He illuminates them with clear writing and a variety of examples borrowed from daily life.
His book, Adapt: Why Success Always Starts With Failure, argues that the world has become far too unpredictable and complex for today's challenges to be tackled with ready-made solutions and expert opinions. Instead, Harford suggests, we need to learn to embrace failure and to constantly adapt, to improvise rather than plan, to work from the bottom up rather than the top down. His next book, Messy: Thriving in a Tidy-Minded World will be published in September 2016.
Harford also presents the BBC radio series More or Less, a rare broadcast program devoted, as he says, to "the powerful, sometimes beautiful, often abused but ever ubiquitous world of numbers."
He says: "I’d like to see many more complex problems approached with a willingness to experiment."
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