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AI Is Just A Mirror Of Your Creative Brain: The 3 Creative Skills You Need To Build In This Era (opens the original)
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Field Notes is my private research lab: A monthly scientific deep-dive where we build the field of Creative Health in real time. Once a month, I break down an entire arc of peer-reviewed research on creative flourishing, map out the underlying science and give you an actionable practice guide to train your creative brain.Subscribe to get full access to this month's deep-dive, unlock the paid archive and help shape the future of Creative Health 🤓<form class="subscri
Your ability to zig when everyone else zags is the most important skill of the future (opens the original)
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THINKING DIFFERENTLY IS WHAT MAKES US HUMAN. WE NEED TO STOP BEING EMBARRASSED OF IT. I’ve been fiercely protective over the human brain lately. For the past few years, we’ve been inundated with comparisons of human versus artificial “intelligence.” We’re constantly being told that our jobs will be replaced. Our thinking will be replaced. Heck, our creativity - of all things - will be gone.And if you read the news (or comment threads 😅), our trajectory seems oddly bleak: It was only two years ag
Why we need to “unschool” our creative brains: Mistakes make us curious, not wrong (opens the original)
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UNLIKE SCHOOL TAUGHT US - ERRORS AREN’T “MISTAKES.” THEY’RE THE GATEWAY TO CURIOSITY 🧠No matter how old I get, this time of year makes me nostalgic for the first days of school. I can still smell the scent of freshly sharpened pencils neatly organized in my backpack. Or conjure up that buzz of nervous-excitement while laying out my outfit the night before. I loved school. And honestly, I was good at it - which, looking back, is exactly the problem. Because in our world, being “good” at school on
Living in a “post-literate” world: What the death of reading signals about our Creative Health (opens the original)
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This is a free monthly essay about the science of creativity and how it shows up in the world. If it sparks something in you, share it with someone who needs it 🫶🏽🧠ShareREADING BOOKS (OR OUR LACK THEREOF) IS ACTUALLY THAT DEEP 🤯Earlier this summer, I came across an essay called The End of Reading is Here. Then,
The Science of Wonder: How Microdosing Awe Builds Your Tolerance For The Unknown (opens the original)
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Field Notes is my private research lab where we’re building the field of Creative Health in real time. It’s where I break down the latest scientific research on creativity and flourishing, dissect exactly how it impacts your daily life - and then, we get to shape where the field goes next, together 🧠Upgrade to get access, join our community + start expanding your creative brain 🤓<form class="subscription-widget-
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