Day 4: A Simple Trick for Better Ideas
The details we think matter likely don’t when we go deep enough : The “accordion” exercise we did felt like powerful psycho technology the way it completely changed how I thought about getting to the essence of experiences and ideas. In the exercise, you go from 3 minutes of a speech to 2 minutes to 1 minute to 30 seconds to 15 seconds, and then ba... See more
Paul Millerd • Speaking, Turning Off Subscriptions, Book Names | #260
Creativity requires nimbleness and the ability to put in hours on uncertain projects, both of which may get harder as the obligations of success set in.
Scott Young • Get Better at Anything
What is creativity, really?
Too many artists, scientists, and writers talk about their creative process as a blackbox—an ephemeral spark that’s difficult to explain and impossible to predict. But it’s not. Boden is one of the most influential cognitive scientists to think about creativity through a computational lens. Her work is rooted in the stud... See more
Too many artists, scientists, and writers talk about their creative process as a blackbox—an ephemeral spark that’s difficult to explain and impossible to predict. But it’s not. Boden is one of the most influential cognitive scientists to think about creativity through a computational lens. Her work is rooted in the stud... See more
Rhea Purohit • A Science-based Guide to Thinking Creatively—With LLMs
Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (99U)
Jocelyn K. Glei • 2 highlights
amazon.com
The most practical skill you can learn is working smarter. But here's what nobody tells you about working smarter: it often looks like you're working slower.
A programmer might spend 20 hours wrestling with a difficult algorithm, then have an insight in the shower that solves it in 10 lines of code. Those 20 hours weren't wasted—they were necessary
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