The Runaway Species
by Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman
A composer and a neuroscientist on how creativity works: bending, breaking and blending, with examples from art, science and engineering. Beautifully illustrated.
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you want creativity's cognitive mechanics made vivid.
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you want exercises.
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Three things you will actually use
- Bend, break, blend.
- Generate many options.
- Tolerate risk.
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Read the chapter on bending, breaking, blending.
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How creativity works.
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