Which Intersections?
This blog focuses on intersections between economics, psychology, evolution, politics, sports, tech, game theory, and/or any other subject that piques my interest on a given day.
Why Intersections?
In my opinion (and in others’) new intersections between ideas, skills, and people are the root of all creative acts. I think that is pretty neat.
“The creative act, by connecting previously unrelated dimensions of experience1, enables [us] to attain a higher level of mental evolution.
[Creativity] is an act of liberation – the defeat of habit by originality” -Arthur Koestler2
Footnotes:
- The act of finding a new connection between existing spheres of thought has been coined “bisociation”. Examples include:
- Edison realizing that electricity produces light to create the electric lightbulb.
- Behavioral economics forming from the bisociation of economics and psychology.
- Puns, as MF Doom deftly demonstrates when he raps “I got more soul than a sock with a hole.”
- Quote from “The Act of Creation,” a 1964 book by Arthur Koestler, who’s wiki gives him claim as the most interesting man in the world. Among other accomplishments, he spoke 6 languages, tried and failed to convince Menachem Begin to accept a two state solution between Israel and Palestine, and was sentenced to death as a spy in Seville for infiltrating Franco’s headquarters and collecting evidence that Italy and Germany were supporting Franco in the Spanish civil war. Koestler was freed in a prisoner exchange, and lived a long life, publishing over 40 books until he committed suicide to the surprise of absolutely none of his close friends, given that he was the vice president of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society.
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