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:"

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Guests

• Molly Mielke, founder of Moth Fund
• Sam Arbesman, scientist-in-residence at Lux Capital

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Video podcast

• On Vimeo
• On YouTube

Brain screen cap and link

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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, is here.

Links mentioned

• Articles About HyperCard

• Coding Programs for Kids

• Commodore VIC-20 (1980, first to sell > 1mm)

• Consumerization Took Away Our Sense of Agency

• Design for Emergence

• Explain WWII (Peanuts on October 08, 1975)

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• Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884)

• Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955)

• HyperCard Could Have Been the Web

• Moth Fund Molly Mielke, Computers and Creativity

  • 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 (1993)

• PhotoShop

• Samuel (Sam) Arbesman

• Specifying Spring ‘83

• Terrarium

• The Betterverse

• The Desktop Metaphor Is a Tractor Beam for Startups on the Event Horizon

• The Long Nose of Innovation

• Tools for Thinking Podcast (2022 T4T, TfT)

Others’ notes

John Borthwick‘s Roam notes:

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