creativity

Learn how to enter into the mindset of a successful inventor.

The best-selling author tells us his methods.

It’s been used by everyone from philosophers to business leaders — and Stanford research shows it really makes a difference.

Activism 101: How to balance creativity and mission—and not burn out.

Are you a polymath, too?

Taking a modern look at a millennia-old concept.

… and also the return of the (mini) Mac.

Is microdosing magic truffles a way to unlock your creative potential? That’s long been anecdotal, but the evidence is coming.

The road from dropout to billionaire is more of a detour than a highway.

Writing by hand is the original concentration hack.

Minimalism, thought to be a solution to our overstimulated lives, is actually dulling our senses.

The road to harmony often means getting your hands dirty.

Find out the multiple ways we classify and ascertain what constitutes intelligence.

All humans have a mindful capability for creative thought. Unleashing it is dependent on how we’re taught to go about the creative process.

Notice anything different? The biggest ideas of the 21st century just got a makeover.

How does humanity arrive at great ideas? Simple: we take already great ideas and just arrive at even greater ideas.

Want to learn about innovation? Study hip hop. From the early dance halls to the Wu-Tang Clan, cognitive friction has made hip hop better and better.

Creative and original thinking takes both patience and practice. Because your brain is actively trying to fight it.

Does what kind of music you play alter the benefits you get by playing it?

Complex problems undermine the very principle of meritocracy: the idea that the ‘best person’ should be hired. There is no best person.

Could these findings be used to boost creativity?

Some say that great ideas come out of thin air. Neuroscientist David Eagleman posits that perhaps all great ideas are simply built upon old ideas, because thats what fuels the creative brain.

The Germans have a lovely saying for the benefits of keeping an idle mind: ‘die Seele baumeln lassen’, meaning ‘let the soul dangle’.    

Artificial Intelligence has come a long way in a short time. So at what point will it be able to emulate the great artists and writers of our time?

When a ‘Rick and Morty’ fan recently tweeted at Dan Harmon asking how to deal with depression, it didn’t take him long to reply.

Being bored is great. It’s where we come up with our best ideas, and how we become better people by being able to mentally solve our biggest personal problems. So why are we destroying boredom with our phones?

So, how do you make something popular? Simple! You just update something old. This applies to storytelling, design, and even tech gadgets.

A new study investigates if pot smokers outperformed nonsmokers in creativity.

Everyone thinks they know how to make their brain more creative and have better ideas.

To understand ourselves, our creativity and emotions, we must grapple with our pre-human existence.