know_yourself – Page 16 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Book Recommendation: “The Martian” by Andy Weir

2015-08-29

A beautiful novel about a more or less present day astronaut left behind on Mars and his attempts to survive.
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Two Quick Video Recommendations: Cultural Libertarian and Trigger Warnings

2015-08-28

Lauren Southern did an interesting video building on Bokhari's “Rise of the Cultural Libertarians“, and there's a nice sketch about Trigger Warnings.
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The Freedom to Create

2015-08-26

A few comments on the current outrage culture and a recommendation of two great articles, one on cultural appropriation and the other on cultural libertarianism.
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Organizing Creativity — A few tips to realize creative projects (presentation/video)

2015-08-22

A presentation that gives a short overview of creativity, organization, and the steps you can do to organize your creativity. Plus some reflections on recording a presentation at home.
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Fountain Pen Engraving

2015-08-17

Yeah, I got my fountain pen back from the engraver. Hello, personalized fountain pen.
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Some comments on the tension between creativity and commerce

2015-08-09

Got an interesting question on Twitter and given that Twitter isn't suited to longer texts, I'll address it here.
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Another shout-out to “Zombies, Run!”

2015-07-29

Caring to much — A few thoughts on Haidt’s moral foundations framework

2015-07-25

Haidt's presentation about the different moral foundations got me thinking. Before I read his book, I've played with the material of his presentation a little and applied it to online outrage. The problem with care as prime motivational foundation seems to explain a lot.
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A look at a really good game: “The Witcher 3”

2015-07-20

Given the occasional rant on this site, I'm always happy to point out when something is really right. And Witcher 3 is such a thing. A brilliant game for a lot of reasons. Here are eight of them.
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Interesting talk by Jonathan Haidt and YourMorals.org

2015-07-17

An interesting talk about why some people dislike social justice and a great website to learn more about your values.
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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.