The creation of Disney's masterpiece, Snow White, gives us a preview of what may be coming with AI algorithms sophisticated enough to pass for sentient beings
In the latest installment of my series on creative workflows, we turn to what may be the most important question of all: how do you turn hunches and reading notes into new ideas?
Put aside the question of whether machines are capable of understanding the world—the more relevant question right now is whether they are capable of explaining it.
From untidy desks to post-it notes to the brewery next door—so much of the creative process is about being open to happy accidents. But how do you make them more likely to happen?
Our ancestors may have shifted back and forth between different work routines and social structures, often in tune with the seasons. Would that be a better way to live?
The new six-hour film about the Beatles "Let It Be" sessions offers a thrilling portrait of creativity under pressure. But its real lesson is the importance of the slow road.
The Web was supposed to usher in a renaissance of new ways of organizing people and creative talent. But mostly we just got giant public corporations. Could the blockchain offer us a way out?
Most people discounted the possibility of a viral pandemic sweeping the world and killing millions—until it happened. Are we making the same mistake again about the threat posed by nuclear weapons?
How do you retain and remix ideas from other people’s minds? A 300-year-old productivity hack might be the key. Part two of a series on designing a workflow for thinking.
Killer asteroids, zombie viruses, rogue machine learning algorithms, and the catastrophe of the agricultural revolution. It's time for some fun holiday gift suggestions!
The bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind explains why you should build a "failure resumé"—and discusses how he built his latest book out of a database of 18,000 regrets.
More than three decades ago a Stanford professor proposed a uniform way of expressing your odds of dying from a specific cause: the micromort. It’s time it went mainstream.
We’re living in a golden age of tools for thought. But with so many options, it’s important to carve out time every year or two for a “creative inventory."