Of digital mental models and their needs

Have you ever wondered how the 101-Legged Centipede decides which leg should start to make a move? You might be puzzled when it’s walking. However, if you can follow its pattern of variation, it starts with multiple legs. On the contrary, we can learn a useful shortcut for efficiency and effectiveness. Hence, the invention of the railroad. That is knowledge transfer. Likewise, lots of things have been possible because of two things; firstly, application of knowledge and secondly, knowledge transfer. Most pioneers haven’t created anything new; they just discovered how to take advantage of the laws of nature which have always been there. Do you know “Bird brains” have been flying since immemorial? The same is true with mobile communications, infrastructures, computing, and a host of other modern technological breakthroughs. However, the discoveryof the natural laws which were presently dormant hadn’t been realised by humanity.

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