Siphengulula imfihlo enkulu yokuzivelela komntu, i-prodigy eyayiyinyani eyahlukileyo. Asithethi kakhulu ngobukrelekrele kodwa sithetha ngokuyila. Ngobulumko, i-proto-man inokuqonda ukuba yintoni umlilo kwimiphumo yokusondela kuwo. Enkosi kubuchule bokuyila, enye iproto-ndoda ithathele ingqalelo ukufumana kwaloo mlilo mnye ngaphaya kwethuba lombane ubethe isiqu somthi...
Ubuchule bokuyila kukuzibonakalisa kakuhle ngomzobo okanye incwadi njengoko kukwazi ukucwangcisa izixhobo ezingephi enkampanini okanye kusapho. Imiba efanayo yobo bulumko igxile kwintlantsi eyenza umntu abe sisidalwa esixhaphakileyo kwisijikelezi-langa esinguMhlaba.
Ingaba ubuchule bokuyila busebenza njani? Incwadi enika umdla malunga neyona mfihlelo inzulu neyimfihlakalo yobuchopho bomntu.
Olunye lweempawu ezahlula umntu kubuchule bokuyila. Asizimiseli ekuphindaphindeni ulwazi esilufumeneyo: siyayila. Sifunxa iingcamango kwaye siziphucule, silandela imodeli yezicwangciso ezisisiseko zokuziphendukela kwemvelo. Sithatha ulwazi oluzuzwe njengelifa kwaye sivavanya ngalo, siyalusebenzisa, siyaludibanisa, siyaludibanisa, siyalugqithisa, kwaye konke oku kusenza siqhubele phambili, kumacandelo ezobugcisa, ezenzululwazi kunye nezobuchwepheshe.
Kukho impembelelo eqhelekileyo edibanisa ukuveliswa kwevili kunye nemodeli yemoto yamva nje, ukuveliswa kweplastiki yePicasso kunye nokudalwa kwerokethi ukufikelela eNyangeni, ingcamango yeambrela elula nesebenzayo kunye neyo iphone ephucukileyo...
Ubuchule bokuyila yenye yezinto ezinokubakho zengqondo yethu. Ingaba isebenza kanjani? Inokukhuthazwa ize iphuhliswe njani? Yeyiphi imida yakho? Sizenza njani iimbono ezintsha? Sivela phi isakhono sethu sokuvelisa izinto ezintsha? Le ncwadi iphendula le mibuzo kunye neminye emininzi, apho i-neuroscientist kunye nomdali - imvumi - badibanisa amandla ukuze basicacisele ngokungqongqo, ukucaca kunye nobumnandi mhlawumbi eyona mfihlelo inzulu, eyona mfihlelo kwaye inomdla yobuchopho bomntu.
Ngoku ungathenga incwadi ethi "Intlobo ezibalekayo", ngu-Anthony Brandt, Apha:
