Tag: creativity

  • AI Aggregates, But Dyslexia Innovates

    AI Aggregates, But Dyslexia Innovates

    The rise of AI is truly remarkable. It is transforming the way we work, live, and interact with each other, and with so many other touchpoints of our lives. However, while AI aggregates, dyslexic thinking skills innovate. If used in the right way, AI could be the perfect co-pilot for dyslexics to really move the world…

  • Streaming Royalties Are Bullshit A Musicians Case For Universal Income

    Streaming Royalties Are Bullshit A Musicians Case For Universal Income

    Royalties Are Bullshit: A Musician’s Case For Basic Income….. “This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin’ it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it.…

  • Creativity Espoused By Mainstream Media Is Sadly About Machine Creativity

    Creativity Espoused By Mainstream Media Is Sadly About Machine Creativity

    [You may know him from the movies “What The Bleep Do We Know”  and “Down The Rabbit Hole” – Two great introductory documentaries on Quantum Physics you really owe it to yourself to see.  Let the Silo introduce you to a welcomed, new contributor-  Dr. Amit Goswami – Author, Speaker and Scientist. Ed.] “I am…

  • Eight Ways To Make Time For Important Things

    Eight Ways To Make Time For Important Things

    One of the most common lines that people love to use: “I wish I had more time.” Maybe it’s more time to spend with family or friends; more time to exercise and eat healthy; or more time to go back to school. Whatever it is, how do you make more time for those truly important…

  • Peter Robinson On Job Obsolescence- Government Should Not Protect Jobs

    Peter Robinson On Job Obsolescence- Government Should Not Protect Jobs

    A recent OECD report finds that low and middle income earners have seen their wages stagnate and that the income share of middle-skilled jobs has fallen. Rising inequality has led to concerns that top earners are getting a disproportionate share of the gains from global “openness and interconnection”. During a Summer 2017 meeting of OECD,…

  • Dance Healing Immigrant Victims Of War Prejudice And Sexual Exploitation

    Dance Healing Immigrant Victims Of War Prejudice And Sexual Exploitation

    Study after study has shown that arts education nurtures students’ creativity and problem-solving skills, competencies that are critical for success in a 21st Century world, but how does dance and movement facilitate healing and transform at-risk youth? New York’s Battery Dance launched its Dancing to Connect programs in 2006. Since that time, the program has…

  • Across The Arts Vulnerability Prevails And Here’s Why It’s An Asset

    Across The Arts Vulnerability Prevails And Here’s Why It’s An Asset

    Just for a moment, think about all of the many career fields in the world. Now think about those that require a personal emotional investment as a matter of course. How many bankers make a regular practice of exposing their deepest insecurities to the world through their work? How many veterinarians routinely put on display…

  • Collective Establishes HAVN For The Arts In Hamilton

    Collective Establishes HAVN For The Arts In Hamilton

    I learned about the Hamilton Audio Visual Node (HAVN) a few years ago by doing the rounds during Art Crawl. Since then it’s become obvious they’re hosting some of the most innovative music and visual art in Hamilton. I sat down with Connor Bennett and Chris Ferguson at the beginning of July to learn more…