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Tag: creativity

Hindsight in 2020

29 December, 202029 December, 2020 ~ John Nerst ~ 4 Comments

I sum up 2020 and digress a little about writing, creativity and how things become part of the past. Read more (14 min, 3500 words).

Notes on Notes

24 September, 202024 September, 2020 ~ John Nerst ~ 6 Comments

A tale on the nature of footnotes, writing in general, and other things, told almost entirely in footnotes. Read more (18 min, 5500 words).

Good vs. Good

25 June, 202028 June, 2020 ~ John Nerst ~ 15 Comments

I use a poor innocent guide book author as a target for complaining about empty consumerism, and explain why features of the Swedish language makes it slightly less unreasonable than it appears.
Read more (6 min, 1500 words).

A Meta-Meditation

23 January, 201928 May, 2020 ~ John Nerst ~ 11 Comments

I wrote a spontaneous piece on the tensions between cultural/intellectual accessibility and ambition that under later scrutiny wasn't quite up to snuff. Instead of publishing something sub par or discard it I used it as a jumping off point for discussing the nature of creative work, writing and thinking in general. Read more (13 min, 4200 words).

Taste Books That Don’t Take Off

9 October, 20189 October, 2018 ~ John Nerst ~ 3 Comments

I review the book Hit Makers and go on about how it loses its point in a sea of storytelling . Read more (10 min, 3300 words).

On Chords, Maps and Effects in Art

18 August, 20174 April, 2018 ~ John Nerst ~ 3 Comments

Responding to a post on Suspended Reason, I talk about how underwhelming conceptual art is, why it's more subjective than other kinds and why it's highly regarded even though it shouldn't be.
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Mass-producing Hansons

16 March, 20174 April, 2018 ~ John Nerst ~ Leave a comment

I met Robin Hanson this weekend and started to think about how important it is to have people with expertise in several fields. Specifically setting up crossover academic departments could be an interesting experiment. Read more (6 min, 1500 words)

Idea Infatuation

21 April, 20167 July, 2017 ~ John Nerst ~ 3 Comments

How having an idea is similar to falling in love and why it sometimes doesn't work over the long term.
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