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Apr 9, 2012 / 2:39pm

Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle

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How simple ideas – applied – have breathtaking consequences.

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Aug 6, 2011 / 1:40pm

Scott Adams on the Benefits of Boredom

But wait—we might be in dangerous territory. Experts say our brains need boredom so we can process thoughts and be creative. I think they're right. I've noticed that my best ideas always bubble up when the outside world fails in its primary job of frightening, wounding or entertaining me.
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How boredom kills creativity.

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Jul 25, 2011 / 7:45pm

The Acceleration of Addictiveness vs Willpower, Productivity, and Flow

Do you identify yourself primarily by your tastes, where you eat or shop, what brands you wear or gadgets you own, what bands you listen to or shows you watch, what websites you browse or feeds you read, or which apps you download and select for your home screen?

Or do you identify yourself by your creative output, what you cook or build, what writing, photographs, music, videos, websites, art or apps you make and publish?

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Tantek Çelik writes about survival strategies in the world dominated by constant distraction and addictive pleasures.

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Jul 19, 2010 / 11:02pm

My experiment with smart drugs

I picked up a book about quantum physics and super-string theory I have been meaning to read for ages, for a column I’m thinking of writing. It had been hanging over me, daring me to read it. Five hours later, I realised I had hit the last page. I looked up. It was getting dark outside. I was hungry. I hadn’t noticed anything, except the words I was reading, and they came in cool, clear passages; I didn’t stop or stumble once.
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Mesmerizing story of Provigil. That must be too good to be true or harmless. Yet side effects mentioned in the article are really either minor (slight decrease of the appetite) or come without evidence from clinical trials or other research (suppression of creativity).

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Jun 4, 2010 / 11:19pm

Scott Adams Blog: The Value of Ideas

Ideas are worthless. Execution is everything.
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Yes.

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