January 17, 2025

Learning

In the age of A.I. and machine learning, just being more productive won’t cut it. The future belongs to the creatives.

"In the Human Productivity Parabola (see graph above), we have now passed the point — call it the 'Productivity-Creativity Inversion' — where machines (algorithms, robots, etc.) have become a better investment for future productivity gains than humans. At this point, we as humans are better off spending our energy on creativity than on productivity.

"If productivity, previously scarce and valuable, is increasingly abundant and commoditized, then we must shift our investments — from how we educate our children to how we plan our careers — to creativity, a truly scarce resource whose value is on the rise." - Scott Belsky

Article: Creativity Is the New Productivity

Learning

What people think they can do together can shape outcomes as much as any policy or formal plan.

Learning

Embracing the challenge of renewal in personal and political life

ARTICLE: Threatened with Resurrection

Learning

Motivation, curiosity, and values are not add‑ons to learning; they are its engine.

BOOK: Emotions, Learning, and the Brain. Exploring the Educational Implications of Affective Neuroscience

Learning

The greatest danger we face is psychic numbing—the impulse to shut down our capacity to feel grief, fear, and outrage about what is happening to the Earth.

ESSAY: The Greatest Danger