Haruki Murakami: Talent Is Nothing Without Focus and Endurance

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The 99 Percent presents an overview of Haruki Murakami’s memoirs, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.

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“Symmetry” from Radiolab

In the spirit of their thought-provoking and funky radio show, Radiolab presents this short video about symmetry. Watch and you’ll understand. Very clever.

OpenIDEO: What global challenge do you think innovation leaders should work to solve right now?

I’m a fan of IDEO, the “design consulting” firm that’s made a name for itself with multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving. Their OpenIDEO site throws challenge prompts out to the net at-large. One of their current challenges is rather big (“What global challenge do you think innovation leaders should work to solve right now?“), . . . → Read More: OpenIDEO: What global challenge do you think innovation leaders should work to solve right now?

How great artists fought creative block

The daunting stare of the blank page.

We’ve all been there: trying to come up with a great idea, or write a beautiful passage, or finish a project. And it seems that our brains cough up nothing but hot, dry air.

The good folks at BBC put together a nice look at how great . . . → Read More: How great artists fought creative block

Fleeting Youth, Fading Creativity in Science

In the Wall Street Journal, Johah Lehrer explores the connections between youth and creativity in the sciences.

For one, he notes the demographic shift toward older scientists:

In 1980, the largest share of grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) went to scientists in their late 30s. By 2006 the curve had been shifted . . . → Read More: Fleeting Youth, Fading Creativity in Science

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