Something to Think About – Page 50 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Realizing “that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own”

2014-03-28

Do you ever have this moment where you see the complexity of the people around you -- in every person? Read on, there's a name for it.
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Science without Art is Bleak, Art without Science is Terrifying

2014-03-23

Science and Art are not on opposed ends of the spectrum -- and they actually need each other. Here's why.
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Is Prosumer Virtual Reality Finally Here?

2014-03-22

The video of Virtuix Omni and the Occulus Rift looks ... impressive. Virtual reality might finally become real.
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Why correcting student papers is a bad idea

2014-03-19

Yes, you should give feedback, but not how you usually correct a paper for publication. There are different -- better ways to give feedback.
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“… because woman.” Seriously?

2014-03-16

A rant about a common reaction -- esp. on Twitter -- when something bad happens to a woman, it is frequently attributed to the fact that she is a woman. And that's a pretty bad default strategy. Turned into an interesting -- I would not call is discussion, but reaction -- on Twitter, which strongly supported my view.
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Some Thoughts On The Long-Term Fallout Of Mobbing

2014-03-15

Looking back on an instance of mobbing that happened to me at work a couple of years ago. While it was fairly easy to convict that mobbing asshole, the really depressing part were people who knew what he was doing and still thought he was a good or okay guy. Pity, but some people ...
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The most important information first aid courses usually neglect to convey

2014-03-14

A video on YouTube showing a person fall down ... and what happens. Not much, unfortunately. Here are some reasons that are based on studies and not on ideology. And what you can do in an emergency ... as a victim and bystander.
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A (more or less) creative solution to the trolley problem

2014-03-06

The trolley problem is an ethical dilemma that trips people up, because in one situation they would kill, in the other they would not. I think I have found a solution for it. Or a rationalization anyway.
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“When all around is chaos, when everyone is driven to the brink of insanity … relax.”

2014-03-04

In a course we learned about internal hurriers and how to deal with them. More in the post, but it seems I use quotations to keep them in check.
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Using and abusing academic workshops

2014-03-03

Workshops and loyalty, esp. to supervisors if they are the problem you need help with. Also, sickness and ideology, but I repeat myself.
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Besides Blog Postings about multiple topics, the draft version of the third edition of “Organizing Creativity” is freely available as PDF here.

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Daniel

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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.