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A few weeks ago Newsweek published a story titled 'The Creativity Crisis' which created a lot of discussion. Here know is Charlie Rose interviewing one of the authors of the piece along with other experts of 'what creativity is'.
Link to Newsweek article: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html
Big problems require expensive solutions right? Wrong.
Here's a great talk by Rory Sutherland on how the small details amount to have the biggest impact. The talk is well worth your time!
Technologies that make something easier to do are more likely to get people to do that thing.
Fascinating talk by the author of the Rational Optimist.
Key takeaway:
"What's relevant to society is how well people are communicating their ideas and how well they're cooperating, not how clever the individuals are."
How classic design is the catalyst for bigger and better things.
Great video the design elements behind the Hyperfuse (which Celtics PG Rajon Rondo is wearing in the Finals right now).
Carnegie Mellon University Professor, Jesse Schell, dives into a world of game development which will emerge from the popular "Facebook Games" era.
What looks like laziness is often exhaustion. Change wears people out—even well-intentioned people will simply run out of fuel.
