Extract from Sam Bock’s article “Avoid Split-Brain Thinking: Building Integrated Skills in the Age of AI”
We humans love to categorize.
Life is chaotic and unpredictable even in the best of times. Creating tidy boxes and neatly tucking the data points we discover into them can bring a lot of comfort: it inspires a sense of control and a framework for understanding that help equip us to confront the unknown.
Most of us do this intuitively, but we also learn all kinds of systems for it in school and, later, at work.
For example, upon hearing my elementary school teachers’ descriptions of what it means to be left-brained or right-brained, I knew, deep in my arts-and-craftsy little heart, that I belonged in one camp.
Then there are the personality assessments and exercises that have helped me articulate my natural working styles and get to know my colleagues over the course of my career (shout out to my fellow INFJs! I believe in you!).
