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Don’t underestimate Ducks

2018-09-02

Students in interdisciplinary subjects can sometimes feel like ducks — they can do everything, but nothing well. Well, they are underestimating ducks.
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Mudder’s Milk Variation (Firefly)

2018-08-23

A variation on a recipe that actually creates a (very likely very unhealthy) energy drink.
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An attempt at more-or-less creatively hacking diets

2018-08-23

A few comments on logging calorie intake and the like — yeah, for diets. ;-)
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The Gwen Novak Method of «Work eMail Interruption Free» Vacation

2018-08-23

I think I might have adapted an old door-bell strategy to sift out unwarranted eMail interruptions during vacations.
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Incredible Poem (Text and Video): «The Hangman» by Maurice Ogden

2018-08-10

A timely poem about not speaking up.
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Hey, a good TEDtalk — The art of innovation by Guy Kawasaki

2018-08-10

Always nice to find a good TEDtalk.
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Recommendation: Political correctness: A force for good? A Munk Debate

2018-05-22

A short shout-out to a brilliant debate on political correctness.
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Jonathan Haidt on Institutionalized Disconfirmation in Universities

2018-03-24

A short 10 minute clip of Jonathan Haidt regarding our confirmation biases and that we need others to cancel those out.
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Withheld Twitter Accounts

2018-03-22

Just a short comment on Twitter accounts which are withheld in certain countries.
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«What is Viewpoint Diversity?» by Heterodox Academy

2018-03-10

Heterodox Academy put a beautiful online showing the importance of viewpoint diversity.
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This is a private blog showing my opinions. If you have an issue with what I write here, either don’t read it or talk to me directly. Don’t waste your time — or mine — dragging my employer into matters where they hold no authority.

The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.