Abstract thinking vs system thinking vs concrete thinking - meaning, skills, usefulness

Abstract thinking is a tool to understand one element or one cause effect relationship in a system. We build models to understand reality. The more complex and accurate our mental model, the better it might represent reality. System thinking helps to manage complexity. Analytic approach is the opposite - you want to focus on one or a few elements or a cause effect relationship so you ignore everything else. You abstract your model to the minimum so you can focus. You can abstract into a category or group or go farther and abstract to a concrete individual element, cause effect relationship or interaction. Abstract and system thinking are both useful tools and better to use both.
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[@ZoltanGregorHK]

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[@ZoltanGregorHK]

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Your way of explaining is very good.. It's deep.. can keep hearing it ..

[@ZoltanGregorHK]

Thanks Shweta. There are more similar videos in one of my dedicated playlist.

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@ZoltanGregor Yes I saw quite a few 😀 and liked all of them.. 🤗

[@ZoltanGregorHK]

For what purpose are you interested in abstract and systems thinking?

[@shwetasingh7039]

Wanted to learn more about the abstract way of thinking and art..

[@ZoltanGregorHK]

Get a lot of real life, specific experiences in a domain and then you will automatically see patterns and similarities.And you can also consciously look for these patterns and similarities.

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very well explained.

[@ZoltanGregorHK]

You are welcome.

[@asiansocrates]

Thank you for your insight explanations! Mr Zoltan, I am curious how to enhance our abstract thinking and recall/representation of concepts in our mind. I seem to have trouble recalling something I could understand while reading fast. Do we mostly rely on 'words' for representation and recall when using such abstract concepts as nationalism, emancipated human existence, or Judeo-Christian tradition? Should we try to turn the concepts into imagery and certain impressions? What frame of mind should we have/possess for more effective representation and recall of an abstract concept? Thank you :)

[@ZoltanGregorHK]

Byunggyu & Thinkers, Hi. When you learn complex concepts like those in medicine, law, social and natural sciences etc. it may takes years to fully grasp their meanings. Of course at any time you have some understanding and you may even believe that you totally understand a concept until you learn more and realize that it is more complex than you thought. Sometimes experience, other times experimentation can deepen your understanding it. And it is also useful to study related domains to comprehend the deep meaning. You can learn the the words "systems thinking" in a seconds but takes years to understand it deeply and relate it to various aspects of life. In this video I talk about that topic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooLJko2lra2IesU

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[@reneyourlife]

You remind me of Albert Einstein at first glance. You propably heard that before. greets mate

[@ZoltanGregorHK]

No. it's the first time. Thanks.

[@eheheh3263]

Can you recommend us some books on these subjects?

[@ZoltanGregorHK]

I do not read or know about any books regarding to these topics. But there is a good KZbin channel about the systems innovation topic: www.youtube.com/@SystemsInnovationNetwork/featured

[@eheheh3263]

@@ZoltanGregorHK thank you for the suggestion… I will check it out 🙏

[@MrTheelda]

Kedves Zoltan nagyon halas vagyok a videoiert, mert mar egy videoja utan el kezdtem megerteni azt amit 20 even at nem ertettem, illetve ertetlenkedesem vegett probaltam elkerulni. (ontudatlanul hasznaltam eddig az absztraktciot). Programozast tanulok de sokszor problemakba utkozok amikor meg kell ertenem valamit, amit semmihez nem tudok kotni. Egyszeruen nem ertem miert nem tanitjak also tagozatban hogyan ertsuk meg az eletben elofordulo kulonbozo absztraktciokat? Ha ezt tanitanak a diakok nagyobb szazalekban mennenek at az ekzakt tudomanyok vizsgain kesobb. Illetve ez nagy szamu mernok, tudos, vagy jogasz vegzettsegu szakertokhoz vezetne, ami fellendithetne az orszagunkat, abban az esetben persze ha megkapjak a nekik jaro megfelelo megfizetest. Es persze vegulis a vilagot lenditene fel. On nagyszeru tanar, kerem folytassa kituno munkajat! (Elnezest az ekezetek hianya miatt).

[@ZoltanGregorHK]

Koszonom. A videok keszitese soran, a rogtonzott beszedek kozepette jott fel a legtobb otlet a tematol.

[@NaturopathMD]

Abstract = God Thank you

[@ZoltanGregorHK]

Thanks.

[@ms2506]

Thanks, any book that you could recommend that covers all these points?

[@ZoltanGregorHK]

I do not know of any books about abstract thinking because I was not looking for them. There are lots of videos, websites and probably books, too about systems thinking. I do not read books. Systems thinking is itself abstract.

[@lbits]

Zoltan Gregor Hi. Do you not read books in general? Or just ones about abstract/systems thinking?

[@ZoltanGregorHK]

I read things on the internet sometimes but not much. I prefer watching and listening as the primary learning form.

[@irateinwit]

Where are you, all okay?

[@ZoltanGregorHK]

In Hong Kong.