# T4T S01E04 - Creativity and Tools for Thinking

a [[Tools for Thinking Podcast]] episode

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## Cover art

Here's the Stable Diffusion-generated cover image for this episode, from the prompt "mental map of information:"

![[e4 image.png]]

## Guests

- [Molly Mielke](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollymielke/), founder of [Moth Fund](https://www.mothminds.com/)
- [Sam Arbesman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arbesman/), scientist-in-residence at [Lux Capital](https://www.luxcapital.com/)

## Audio podcast 

[![](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6022fac80367ca7c9121c178/63473c43cd78d77b7f847fb3_Anchor_logo.svg)](https://anchor.fm/betaworks/episodes/Creativity-and-Tools-For-Thinking-e1p8p41/a-a8mi1h3)[![](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6022fac80367ca7c9121c178/63473161d50a860bd5f8bf0e_Amazon_Music_logo.svg)](https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/12a72801-ad1e-412b-82cf-dd242e96b1d4/episodes/74503f34-280d-428f-984f-744f03119ca1/tools-for-thinking-by-betaworks-creativity-and-tools-for-thinking)[![](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6022fac80367ca7c9121c178/63473161d50a86d605f8bf0f_itunes_podcasts%20logo.svg)](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creativity-and-tools-for-thinking/id1648557332?i=1000582686075)[![](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6022fac80367ca7c9121c178/63473161a69713eddcfa9885_Spotify%20logo.svg)](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4jpW4F82VMKKyFwgkNfzAo?si=4OThgG1MTHyV9uvSHKtsdA)

## Video podcast  

- On [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/760362430)
- On [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQNylMqGNBM)
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aQNylMqGNBM" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

## Brain screen cap and link

![[JB - T4T S01E01.jpg]]
https://bra.in/5pKKLB  <-- follow this link to browse this map

Even better: the video, synced to a searchable transcript, all ready for conversation on [Hypothes.is](https://hypothes.is/), is [here](https://docdrop.org/video/aQNylMqGNBM/). 

## Links mentioned

- [Articles About HyperCard](https://bra.in/3v2dxe)
- [Coding Programs for Kids](https://bra.in/7qwkQJ)
- [Commodore VIC-20](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20) (1980, first to sell > 1mm)
- [Consumerization Took Away Our Sense of Agency](https://bra.in/4qZmZB)
- [Design for Emergence](https://bra.in/9jbk6k)
- [Explain WWII](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/452048881343976318/) ([Peanuts](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1975/10/08) on October 08, 1975)
![[Peanuts - Explain WWII.gif]]

- [Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/048627263X/jerrymichalskisr) (1884)
- [Harold and the Purple Crayon](https://www.amazon.com/Harold-Purple-Crayon-Books-ebook/dp/B00X3NIVZ2/jerrymichalskisr) (1955)
- [HyperCard Could Have Been the Web](https://bra.in/4pdzVj)
- [Moth Fund](https://www.mothminds.com/)
	[Molly Mielke](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollymielke/), [Computers and Creativity](https://www.mollymielke.com/cc)
	- To foster optimal human innovation, digital creative tools need to be interoperable, moldable, efficient, and community-driven.
	- We Are Totally Blowing the Creative Potential of Computers
- [Myst](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst) (1993)
- [PhotoShop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop)
- [Samuel (Sam) Arbesman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arbesman/)
- [Specifying Spring '83](https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/specifying-spring-83/)
- [Terrarium](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrarium)
- [The Betterverse](https://www.thebetterverse.org/)
- [The Desktop Metaphor Is a Tractor Beam for Startups on the Event Horizon](https://bra.in/8pRbGx)
- [The Long Nose of Innovation](http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jan2008/id2008012_297369.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStories)
- [Tools for Thinking Podcast](https://bra.in/2vGNna) (2022 T4T, TfT)

## Others' notes

[John Borthwick](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jborthwick/)'s Roam notes: 

![[JohnB's Notes on Molly and Sam T4T.png]]