integrity – Page 39 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

A Creative Solution Regarding Consent to Organ Donation

2014-05-30

Organ donation is an important but very emotional topic. Whereas there are not enough organs available, there is a simple solution for the shortage.
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With self-reflection, take small doses only.

2014-05-13

When you use your idea infrastructure for the most personal project ever -- improving yourself -- take care not to take in too much too fast.
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Interesting Debate: “The State of Free Speech in America”

2014-04-29

Reference to a very interesting discussion on YouTube about free speech, and a few thoughts on it.
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A Short Comment About Digitizing Books

2014-04-24

When you digitize books by cutting them apart and transforming them into a DRM-free OCR'd PDF file -- what about the respect for the book and the respect for the author's work? Some answers.
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Laypeople’s access to scientific research when participating in research

2014-04-16

Times have changed in research, esp. in psychological research. Participants can now not only find out what you want to research, but also how you will analyze the data. At least, if you do online surveys.
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Minimum Requirements to React to Comments

2014-04-11

How Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement might be used in a discussion -- to ignore comments below a certain threshold, and to get an idea of the argumentative qualities of the people taking part in the discussion. Also: Viking Ships.
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Other Criteria for Good Discussions

2014-04-10

Two other criteria for good discussions: a level playing field (in several variables) and open outcomes. Yup, good discussions are rare for a reason.
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Let the Bigots Speak Freely

2014-04-09

Reasons why bigot should have the right to speak, especially if you do not agree with them. Includes counter arguments against this proposal and rebuttals.
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Hierarchy of Agreement

2014-04-07

I've adapted Graham's "Hierarchy of Disagreement" to evaluate different forms of agreement. After all, not all agreement is equal(ly good).
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Online Discussions

2014-04-06

There are some very good rules for online discussions -- esp. whether it really makes sense to discuss with this nut-job. Includes Rational Debating by JT (image to the left) and the Hierarchy of Disagreement by Paul Graham. Really good stuff to know.
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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.