This is a summary of the book, ‘Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned – The Myth of the Objective’ by Kenneth Stanley and Joel Lehman, with my own interpretation converted into heuristics that we can use.…
Author: neal
Do Creative People see the World differently?
Key points
Bottegas of the 15th Century
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Considerations to encourage Creativity
https://www.fastcompany.com/90711011/5-things-to-consider-that-encourage-creativity-but-dont-devolve-into-chaos Key points: Some similarity here to ‘Restrictions set you free’ by Derek Rivers: https://sive.rs/restr
Avoiding the Einstellung Effect
https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/be-more-innovative-creative-better-solutions-research-how-to-solve-problems-more-effectively.html
Reality isn’t Real
Matt recently equipped himself with VR equipment. He was interested in what this technology could do for his research in neuroscience. One day, I came around his place to catch-up, and I tried it. There…
Accept Change
It should be no question that any status quo will be challenged sooner or later. Take any system and tell me if they stay static. Look at nature and you will see it is striving with life.…
Creativity: Generate for the Long Term
Generate a creative tension I recently discovered the interesting teaching of Peter Senge, an American systems scientist who is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, co-faculty at the New England Complex…
Meaning Crisis and Cognitive Science
Meaning Crisis and Cognitive Science We watched episode 26 of the meaning crisis together. Some things I enjoyed (not a summary)
Meaning and Making
“Modern archaeology seeks for early evidence of human humanity in three areas of activity 1. artistic expression 2. religious practice and 3. tool making. These areas, it could be argued, take equal precedents in defining…