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My Last Sculpture

THE ATLAS STORIES · III

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

My Last Sculpture, Creativeness, The Atlas Stories, The Mask is the World, The Atlas of Worldly Wisdom
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We will Cross the Bridge

THE ATLAS STORIES · II

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

We will cross the bridge
Intent
The Mask is the World
The Atlas of Worldly Wisdom
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Creativity Incompleteness Knowledge Stories Wisdom Worldly Wisdom

The Path to the Perfect Map

THE ATLAS STORIES · I

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

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On the Virtues of (extreme) Imagination & Creativity : Sci-Fi and Fantasy (can be) Practical !

Extreme Imagination and Creativity (as in Sci-Fi and Fantasy) can be practical. They are useful as inspiration, for education, and even as inputs into scientific and engineering processes.

Here are a few thoughts on that.