Knowledge Intersection
Frans Johansson's book "The Medici effect " argues that breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into new, unfamiliar territory. In this space - which Johansson calls "the Intersection" - established ideas clash and combine with insights from other fields, disciplines, and cultures, resulting in an explosion of totally new ideas.
The book has a small chapter on Sequoyah.
Cherokees are the only Native American People who possess a writing system equivalent to the European alphabet.
The Cherokee syllabary is the only alphabet in history attributed to be the work of one man,George Gist, known to the world as Sequoyah. Although he did not speak or read the English language, he understood the power of the written word. After twelve years of dedicated work and watching the new settlers communicate, Sequoyah finished the Cherokee syllabary in 1821. He spent the rest of his life teaching his people how to read and spell.
Johansson goes on to refer to this as an outcome of positive globalization. I can't agree more. The next time I read about a Geologist proposing the theory of evolution ( read :Darwin), I know intersection is at play!
The book has a small chapter on Sequoyah.
Cherokees are the only Native American People who possess a writing system equivalent to the European alphabet.
The Cherokee syllabary is the only alphabet in history attributed to be the work of one man,George Gist, known to the world as Sequoyah. Although he did not speak or read the English language, he understood the power of the written word. After twelve years of dedicated work and watching the new settlers communicate, Sequoyah finished the Cherokee syllabary in 1821. He spent the rest of his life teaching his people how to read and spell.
Johansson goes on to refer to this as an outcome of positive globalization. I can't agree more. The next time I read about a Geologist proposing the theory of evolution ( read :Darwin), I know intersection is at play!
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