Here's a creativity brain puzzler: Is it better to break new ground or to keep polishing the same act until it gleams? It depends, to a degree, on for whom you create in the first place. Also: Jackie Chan, treading water, private eyes, the changeup pitch, Eurovision, litigation, the verdict of history, singularity, space shoes, The Shipping Forecast and quite a bit, actually, about the eternal villainy of The Beach Boys' Mike Love.
When Apple announced its plans for artificial intelligence earlier this week, the presentation failed to make a minor point: AI, as currently constituted, doesn't...
How do you know if what you're creating is any good? This week: Juggling the internal and external critics. Plus: Humility, shouting at clouds,...
There's a misconception that creativity means coming up with ideas. But ideas are one thing, results are another, and the distance between them can...
