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Jonah Lehrer on EconTalk
Jonah Lehrer, staff writer for The New Yorkerand author of Imagine: How Creativity Works, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the science of creativity. They discuss focusing vs. ignoring as a way to solve problems, the potential for computer-based creativity, how W. H. Auden used drugs to improve his poetry, Bob Dylan, Steve Jobs, and the creative power of mindless relaxation. The conversation closes with a discussion of what policies might increase creativity.
Related book: Imagine: How Creativity Works
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Barry Ritholtz interviews Jim Chanos (audio) (LINK) A Dozen Things Learned from Paul Graham (LINK) Steve Jobs on Creativity (LINK) Scott Adams on boosting creativity (LINK) John Mauldin: Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere (LINK) Lunch with the FT: Raghuram Rajan...
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Hummingbird Value's Investment Strategy (LINK) Catmull's Mental Models (LINK) Related previous post: Ed Catmull: Creativity, Inc.Related book: Creativity, Inc.An interview with Michael Hudson (LINK) Reverse Repos: The Federal Reserve’s...
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Gary Taubes On Econtalk
Gary Taubes, author of Why We Get Fat, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about why we get fat and the nature of evidence in a complex system. The current mainstream view is that we get fat because we eat too much and don't exercise enough. Taubes...
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Authors@ Jonah Lehrer On The Science Of Creativity
Found via Farnam Street. Link ………………. Related book: Imagine: How Creativity Works
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Kevin Kelly On Econtalk
Kevin Kelly, author of What Technology Wants, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about technology and the ideas in the book. Kelly argues that technology is best understood as an emergent system subject to the natural forces underpinning all emergent...
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