Something to Think About – Page 25 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

It’s easier to stop in the beginning than later

2020-11-23

Okay, I admit it ... there is a quotation, I am thinking Einstein, but I do not know, about how it is easier to stop in the beginning than when you have actually done a few steps. And I think it might fit well to the current Corona measures.
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Dafuq? Socks actually get lost????

2020-11-23

Just a short comment about ... well, lost socks.
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Since when is Sloth a Virtue?

2020-11-20

Apparently we now live in a land in which sloth is a virtue, not a deadly sin. Time to break out and use that life ... better.
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Operationalizing Ethics

2020-10-04

What happens to ethics when you break it down to raw numbers ... because you have to ... for make it usable for a game?
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Well, Stalin wasn’t wrong

2020-10-04

Some thoughts about an alternate "Superman" history.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

2020-10-04

James Lindsay gives a good overview of the concepts "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" — from the motivation of the proponents to what they actually mean.
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Your Mileage Might Vary (YMMV)

2020-09-30

One thing you should always keep in mind when you are developing something — your view of the world might not be the view of (many) others.
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Tortured Souls

2020-09-30

Where does the drive to create come from? The need to ... help other people? And how do you manage to ... not kill yourself?
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Impressive view on Virtual Reality (VR) from almost three decades ago

2020-09-21

Recently stumbled upon Aerosmith's "Amazing" music video.
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What is an hour of your life actually worth?

2020-09-19

A cold-blooded calculation of a continuing human life.
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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.