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The Nexus
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The Nexus

Augmented Thinking for a Complex World – The New Convergence of Art, Technology & Science

MIT Press, 2022 подробнее...


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9

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  • Bold
  • Visionary
  • Engaging

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Humanity faces massively complex problems on a global scale today, ranging from epidemics to environmental degradation. These problems demand complex, coordinated solutions, explain Julio Mario Ottino and Bruce Mau. Throughout history, moments of “genius” and periods marked by innovation, creativity and discovery, such as the Italian Renaissance, have occurred when ideas and practitioners from the arts, sciences and technology cross-pollinated. Drawing inspiration from diverse disciplines such as painting and quantum physics, Ottino and Mau call on innovators to find a shared language with which to tackle the challenges and complex problems the world faces today.

Take-Aways

  • Existential challenges require a boundary-pushing approach to problem-solving.
  • Renaissance whole-brain thinkers, or “geniuses,” moved fluidly between disciplines.
  • The notion of “lone genius” is a myth; creativity doesn’t occur in a vacuum.

About the Authors

Founding co-director of Northwestern University’s Institute on Complex Systems Julio Mario Ottino is a Guggenheim Fellow. Designer and educator Bruce Mau is CEO of the design consultancy Massive Change Network.


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