Today you said, "At its core, creativity is about seeing the familiar in unfamiliar ways, forging connections between seemingly disparate ideas, and envisioning what does not yet exist. Its importance cannot be overstated;" My 47 years working to develop new medical technologies hit a roadblock about 10 years ago when I entered the field of Behavioral Health. All those shinny new technologies I had worked on found eager adopters, but straying into the mental and spiritual side of health requires people to change they way they think and the way they behave - both patients and clinicians. There is no CT or MRI for that. That's why I value your writing so much - you see the possibilities. I hope you have even greater influence in the new year.
Ben, Happy New Year.
Today you said, "At its core, creativity is about seeing the familiar in unfamiliar ways, forging connections between seemingly disparate ideas, and envisioning what does not yet exist. Its importance cannot be overstated;" My 47 years working to develop new medical technologies hit a roadblock about 10 years ago when I entered the field of Behavioral Health. All those shinny new technologies I had worked on found eager adopters, but straying into the mental and spiritual side of health requires people to change they way they think and the way they behave - both patients and clinicians. There is no CT or MRI for that. That's why I value your writing so much - you see the possibilities. I hope you have even greater influence in the new year.
You had me at Radiohead.
Funnily enough, I wrote about how the dystopia computer-voiced fitter happier from Radiohead’s OK Computer, the best album ever made, is some unexpectedly good advice that could help us be better men. https://open.substack.com/pub/kathekon/p/fitter-happier?r=7j6pb&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post