At Least 3 Reasons Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home Remains a Rare Jewel
“A masterpiece about two people who live in the same house but different worlds, and their mysterious debts to each other.” It’s been a few years…
Alan Lightman: At the Intersection of Science and Religion
“I believe that it is bracing and vital to live in a world in which we do not know all the answers.” Alan Lightman holds a…
Tina Seelig: Leveraging What You Know to Innovate
It is important to remember that we’ve been born to be creative. Literally. The brain is a creativity machine and there’s increasing empirical data that demonstrates…
Bonobos Really Know How To Do It: Isabel Izquierdo on Play and Creativity
“Play is our adaptive wildcard. Play is essential. Play is the glue that binds us together.” Humans share a common ancestor with chimpanzees and bonobos from about…
3 of the Most Amazing Things Bill Bryson Knows: A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson was “just trying to fill an empty mind with as much interesting information as it could hold.” Sometimes asking the right questions leads us…
Abundance: A Magical Near Future with a Washing Machine for Everyone
Sociologist Hans Rosling was four when his mother first got a washing machine. It was a big day. His parents had been saving for years. Even…
The Disappearance of the Famous Stefan Zweig
“Stefan Zweig was a dark and unorthodox artist; it’s good to have him back.” Salman Rushdie In Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, a writer…
Question with an Edge: What’s Worth Worrying About? Real Scenarios from Leading Thinkers
At first I was bothered by the whole idea. I don’t want to be worried. Things can happen, but why should I hear super-sophisticated reasons for…
Ken Robinson: How Schools Kill the Creativity We Need Now More Than Ever
“Creativity is as important as literacy and we should treat it with the same status.” Ken Robinson, author of the insightful, Finding Your Element: How to Discover…
A Movable Innovator’s Fest: 9 Essential Experiments and Game Books
A cornucopia of gaming and literature. The first five are literary, the final four represents a broader spectrum of current cutting edge and theoretical approaches. 1. Many Subtle Channels:…
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