Why imagination is the highest form of research
There was a particular moment in my teaching career when I asked a room full of graduate students to imagine a world beyond what they…
Imagination
The power of images to unlock creativity and breakthroughs
Humans have been harnessing the power of inner images since pre-historic times, when tribes painted their visions onto cave walls. Psychologist David Premack noted, “The…
Flat vs. full: A world without imagination vs. A world that honors it
Imagine a world that runs purely on logic, efficiency, and predictability—a flat, dry, boring, linear world. In this world, everything is reduced to bullet points…
We need schools for the imagination
Einstein famously said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire…
The subversive power of the imagination
Imagination is inherently subversive. It doesn’t conform to rules, expectations, or established norms. It exists in a realm beyond social conditioning—beyond the boundaries of structures,…
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