My friend wants to gather a group of 1000 people to use their talents to change the world. It’s a great idea. I want to amplify the idea that we, all of us, are talented, creative, genius, innovative. There are social conditions which say otherwise and personal experiences which seem to affirm their declarations, but [...]

Each of us is a creative genius. I often catch glimpses of this genius in the activities of people, adults and children, who are functioning beyond what is considered “normal” by most human beings. The questions raised by seeing this genius in action are, “What is genius?” and, “If genius is universally human, as I [...]

I really enjoyed this TED talk by Elizabeth Gilbert. I am also tired of the myth of suffering being the primary food of creative genius. Artists/ creative people are not crazy because of our creativity but because of our ineffective strategies for dealing with the same issues which every human being must face and then [...]

There is a section in the book, The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made Can Set Big Things in Motion ( by John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, and Lang Davison) where a parent asks his child, “What do you want to do?” The child tells his father he wants to surf. The [...]

This slide show was another find from my Google search, “everyday genius.” Yes, a slide show. I heard David Byrne went super creative with PowerPoint. (click here to read an article from Wired magazine’s archive where Byrne describes his process of working with the software.) I like the ideas being presented in the slide show [...]

The nature of genius has been on my mind this week. I watched Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED talk on creativity (which inspired a draft of a serious post.) and started thinking about “everyday genius.” I used the phrase in the upcoming post so I decided to Google the term and see what was on the internet. [...]

Kevin Kelly TED talk from Feb 2005. The ideas are still vibrant and engaging. I love the idea of biological organisms hacking life: some serious creativity there. The idea of technological systems being eternal made me think about social problems such as racism, sexism, poverty, and war. The belief that all technology continues to exist [...]