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The dictionary\u00a0tells me that “connect the dots” can be used as a\u00a0metaphor\u00a0to illustrate an ability (or inability) to associate one\u00a0idea\u00a0with another, to find the “big picture”, or salient feature, in a mass of data.<\/p>\n

One of the most famous quotes in this regard came from Steve Jobs, who claimed:\u00a0“You can’t connect the dots looking forward you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well worn path.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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I guess he, too, was caught\u00a0in our eternal, psychologically driven search for meaning, since it is too hard to give in\u00a0to a vision of pure coincidence.<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n

I want to do the opposite this week\u00a0– instead of focussing on the big picture, I want to draw attention to the little details, particularly as they exist\u00a0in nature, where they are often overlooked. \u00a0Random dots, beautifully configured\u00a0in my eyes. And non-randomly linked to insights by various thinkers.<\/p>\n

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