Comments on: We are fast learning how to create “enhanced serendipity”

By: VCVaile

VCVaile — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:33:00 +0000

In reply to David.

“benign neglect” was one of my mother’s favorite parenting concepts, along with the firm belief that youth have a right to take chances… and that accepting that gives parents a better shot at staying on top of what’s really going on. She had been over-monitored and had to sneak out to take risks ~ no one there if she came a cropper.

By: Ross Dawson

Ross Dawson — Tue, 03 May 2011 00:36:00 +0000

In reply to Dibyendu De.

That’s your personal definition, not consensus definition.

OED says serendipity is: ‘the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way’

By: Ross Dawson

Ross Dawson — Tue, 03 May 2011 00:34:00 +0000

In reply to David. :-) I'll try it!

By: David

David — Mon, 02 May 2011 22:42:00 +0000

“Controlled serendipity” is like the way us 6 kids were brought up – “benign neglect”. It worked brilliantly.

By: Dibyendu De

Dibyendu De — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:17:00 +0000

You started out so well with the story of the princes of Sri Lanka but the theme that you elaborated as ‘enhanced serendipity’ seems to harp on enhancing chance encounters. Is that serendipity? Don’t think so. It is the mental ability to piece together seemingly unconnected items to gain total understanding of a situation or context. Think social media networking might just as well do that but not on what we have today. It might need to be developed further or we need to wait.

Ref:More Sensemaking than Luck https://post.ly/1lg6U