Hacking Your Brain with Questions

Albert Einstein once said, “If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I would use the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.”

Whether the context is software development, life, or solving the hardest problems in the world, the same principle applies: asking better questions leads to better answers. What if you had a tool that asked you just the right questions, in just the right moment?

In this session, you'll learn how to craft a metaphorical model that describes the dynamics of a problem as a tool for generating the right questions, so that your brain works on solving the right problem. Per Einstein's theory, after you know the proper question to ask, you should be able to solve the problem in five minutes.

Now, if Einstein thinks this technique will lead to a 1200% performance increase in problem-solving capabilities, do you really want to miss this talk?

About Arty Starr

Arty Starr has been a software engineer for 20+ years and is a researcher and pioneer of new theories of the developer's cognitive experience that help us recognize how developers' experiences are changing with AI. Her theories of developer momentum and troubleshooting help us see software development through an ecological lens, recognizing it as a living activity in motion and the living capacities of care and cognition that support this motion. Her aim is to bring heart, human-centric values, and agency to the craft of software development so we can build toward the type of world we want to live in. With richer perception and by recognizing what matters, we can light a path to a future of thriving habitats where humans and AI can collaborate well and thrive together.

Arty is the author of Idea Flow, a speaker, thought leader, and artist who loves mixing ideas across disciplines into a fusion of creativity to help make the world a better place through her projects.

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