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Divided Attention: Organizers And Non-Organizers, High Organizing Abilities And Divided Attention Capacity (in Hebrew) (Gome) (Hebrew Edition)

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The origin of Intellectuality is thinking on the sheer possibility of intellectuality, or in terms of the ancient Greek philosophers: the effort to salvage Intellectuality, at least after making known the Zeno Paradoxes. Michael Sharon, one of the most original intellectuals in today's Israel, contributed to these lasting efforts a surprising contribution in his book "Divided Attention".

According to Sharon, Intellectuality is originated in Organization. The pre-eminence of Man over animals is rooted in his ability to organize information, and the pre-eminence of man over another is inherent in the quality of information organization.
The raw data is received by the nervous system, and in this regard there is no fundamental difference between the eyes of a man and those of a hawk, or between the ear of a man and that of a dog. There is evidence, however, that in the realm of perception animals may have superiority over humans. On the other hand, human intelligence is an Organizing intelligence that transforms perception into modes of attention - the higher the intelligence, the more complex the Organization.

Michael Sharon distinguishes in his fascinating and highly interesting book between uni-focal or one dimensional organization of most people and muli-focal organization of talented, very talented and genius or eminent people.
The Genius, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein reach through multi-focal organization total new insights. "Time" For example, was a useful concept before Einstein. But the organizing intelligence of Einstein turned Time into a constituent in "Time/Space", and this constituent radically changed the Physical Paradigm set up by Newton 200 years before.

In a similar vein, also the concept of "Organization" was in use before the research project of Michael Sharon, but Sharon turned it by a virtuoso brilliant thinking into a Cornerstone not only in understanding intelligence, but also in understanding reality per se.
Therefore it is highly valuable for everyone who is interested in human thinking and in its capability to comprehend reality and improve it, to read "Divided Attention"

I much enjoy reading Sharon's online writing, which complement his theories and practical ideas from the book.

When is the English edition coming out?

Mr Sharon is known to be a most profound and thorough writer. It is obvious a great deal of work was invested in the work which should be read by proffessionals, scholars and everyone who takes interest to the functions which lie in the basis of our daily operations.