living_as_a_creative – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

The atrocities at the height of an evil regime did start small

2021-10-26 | Reading time: 3 minutes

It's easy to condemn evil after the fact. It's easy to condemn evil when the atrocities loom large. But evil does not start this way.

Image via: rarehistoricalphotos.com
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Presentation about Technology as Tool or Trap (in German)

2021-10-11 | Reading time: 1 minute

I recently did a presentation on whether technology is a tool or a trap. It covers Attention Economy, Gamification, Persuasive Technology, Nudging, and Dark Patterns. Unfortunately it's in German, but perhaps it's interesting as well.
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A fast-beating heart (dealing with psychophysiological reactions, incl. fear)

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 2 minutes

A high heart rate in a psychologically taxing situation is just a psychophysiological reaction -- what it means is up to you.
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The Reality of Sex (in medicine)

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

Shout-out to a short letter to the editor of taking sex into account in medicine.
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Establishing a working infrastructure/meetings/etc vs Entropy

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Why do so many attempts to improve organization fail? In part because continuous energy is needed.

Image from a cartoon about better not teaching children about entropy.
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Entrepreneurship during Crises vs Fairness

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

A short comment on the need for entrepreneurship in crises and how some politicians handle entrepreneurs during Covid.

Image: Walt Disney
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Personal Cookbook

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

With recipes being digital and available on the web, it's pretty easy to create a cookbook of your favorite recipes.
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Seeing Creative Solutions

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

Just a thought about seeing creative solutions, or any action, before doing it.
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Whiteboard Markers

2021-09-05 | Reading time: Less than a minute

Sure, test it on the surface first, but Whiteboard markers are surprisingly useful.
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Mensa (a so-called high IQ society, rational assessment)

2021-08-18 | Reading time: 6 minutes

The other comment was a bit ... emotional, so here's a companion posting about the ... reason side.
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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.