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Creativeness
A short story from The Mask is the World
A sculptor is preparing his final work: a giant white bird that will carry his soul into the sky.
But after a lifetime of statues, mistakes, destruction, repetition and change, he begins to wonder whether his greatest work is really the sculpture in front of him.
READING TIME · approximately 4 minutes
Intent
A short story from The Mask is the World
For generations, a bridge has been rising across an ancient sea. Its builders are certain that one day the two shores will become one.
But what happens when a vision of the future becomes powerful enough to demand almost anything from the present? Would you build a future you may never live to see?
READING TIME · approximately 5 minutes
AWARENESS
A short story from The Mask is the World
What would the perfect map of human knowledge look like? Could it show us what matters, what we do not know, and where we should go next?
Idriss has spent a lifetime trying to draw it.
READING TIME · approximately 5 minutes
Who feels threatened by AI? Why would you feel that your job and livelihood is at risk when people use AI more (effectively saying it is more convenient / cheaper)?
If *you* could imagine your heaven, how would you make it?
What is the ‘ideal outcome’ of our Great Work?
If you could shape the world, how would that go?
This post is related to “The Atlas of Worldly Wisdom“, a course on the integration of better learning, better planning, and better work, into creativeness.
Or… Is your current work Great? (Check the questionnaire)
Are you doing what you should be doing? Does it make sense that all of us should be working on Great things? How can we find out?
The Atlas of Worldly Wisdom is – in a sense – a guide that aims to help the learner find and pursue their own “Great Work”.
In management, as should be the case in life, we frequently think about the most that can be achieved given the limited resources available to us (Optimization).
So the question is : What is our great work? How can we find it?
When do you ‘do’? When do you ‘know’ enough?
Knowledge or Action?
The Awareness-Intent-Creativeness triple spiral is the central framework of The Atlas of Worldly Wisdom (TAWW). It is an attempt to simplify our understanding of work and our aspiration for creativeness.
To Know or To Do… That is the (real) Question!
The below are reflections on Knowledge vs Action, inspired by discussions in The Atlas of Worldly Wisdom.
Do schools and universities really kill creativity?
Misaligned incentives, approximate thinking, and conflicting goals, can explain why the education system is perceived to be a creativity killer.
How much can we ‘compress’ wisdom? Are there general lessons that we can infer from history? from the intersections between different thinkers from around the world? Is there such a thing as ‘the greatest ideas of all time?
This post compiles ideas from 4 key books to reflect on history, philosophy, Wisdom and the applicability to our work and every day life.
Book, Blog, or Podcast – Which should a wise person chose?
Before SBF decided to magically evaporate the money of FTX depositors, he was on a quest to impress investors. This quest included his wisdom on books… and why we don’t need them. This, however, is not unique. Many are jumping into this argument..
The differences between reading books, blog posts, or listening to podcasts should be clear to interested in using these media to gain knowledge and develop their skills.