Current ideas about cultural evolution and the creative processes that power it.
The desire to leave a cultural legacy is neither innate nor learned; it emerges from within during the first few years of life as memories coalesce into an integrated network.
When someone crosses your mind, how do you know it’s them you’re thinking of? It’s likely something more abstract than their appearance: the feeling they evoke.Whatever is on your mind affects what part of the new experience you pay attention to, how you react to it, how it gets etched into your memory, and how you derive meaning from it.
The faster the environment changes, the more quickly our worldviews must evolve to keep up. Exposure to people with self-made worldviews can inspire others to find their voice."I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to be driving drunk while you’re flying on acid." Freud suggested that humor enables forbidden material to transform into something acceptable.
The transition from not being able to do something to being able to do it after a single night’s sleep can bring a deep, essential part of yourself into the foreground.When Newton said he saw further by standing on the shoulders of giants what mattered was that he assimilated these 'giants' ideas perhaps more deeply than their own biological kin.
Artworks from Earth could make astronauts homesick. But robots that generate artistic works in situ would not only provide fun and diversion but help forge a collective memory.The feeling bears leave you with has little to do with how smart they are, or their demeanor. It’s more a sense of the essential life force they emanate from, corny as that sounds.
Do you sometimes feel more creative when you are alone? Though it is widely believed that stimulating environments enhance creativity this is not always the case. People may send out social signals to each other to conform, thereby ensuring that creativity--the process that fuels cultural novelty--is balanced by conformity--the process that perpetuates successful novelty.
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