Sitemap - 2023 - Creative Discourse
Santa, Gorbachev and last-minute gift ideas
Of course ‘Die Hard’ is a Christmas movie
Leave space for your audience to imagine
Difficulty, gratitude and Thanksgiving
Inflation, perspective and grabbing a cocktail
Innovation, AI, and some more recycled sh*t from Hollywood
Illiberalism, extremism and grasping for some optimism
Trust your audience, and you’ll be rewarded
Taylor Swift, Christopher Nolan and creating value for your audience
What the hell happened to journalism?
The world is amazing, and we’re depressed as hell
Six months and a few creative ramblings
Movies, the writer’s strike, and the future of Hollywood
Leadership in our rapidly changing world
Creative neuroscience, iPhones and a sense of humor
Nuclear weaponry, artisanal cigarettes, and why our world is so awesome
The moral (and political) panic over technology
Psychedelics, storytelling and the dawn of AI
Playing a different game than everyone else
The creative decay of Hollywood and Silicon Valley
Drinking, conspiracies and social media
Speech, pandering, and broadening our minds
Free speech, fair weather values, and productive procrastination
Procrastination: The art of being creative… later
The ‘elevated’ thinking of science and storytelling
Tribalism, sports and the creativity of 'bad ideas'
Trust, citizen journalism and self-censorship
F-ck the whole business — the power of profanity
Steve Jobs, the power of trust, and what’s broken by design
What stories have you invented for yourself?
Taxes, cronyism, and the dream of doing nothing
Reality-TV politicking, free(ish) speech, and why we can’t have nice things
Maybe we should all strive to be a bit more ignorant
If we replaced Hollywood writers with AI… would anyone notice?
Sports subsidies, the 'new right' and the idea of happiness
Outrage, 'hate speech' and the end of the BuzzFeed era
Burning witches in the modern era
Creativity, persuasion, and Twitter drama
What creativity can teach us about moving forward
Social media, 'sensitivity editors' and a partisan parody
Culture and division in 'the information age'
Our cultural relationship with politics is deeply unhealthy
Politics, mental illness, and worrying about the rise of the machines
The value of human creativity is something AI can't replicate
Craft beer, partisan troubles, and an optimistic AI clock
Coffee, pro-wrestling, and panic over an automated future