Thanks so much for the opportunity to collaborate to this post Des and also for the thought provoking insights into what it means to be both technical and creative. 🙏
Great reflection — really enjoyed it! Especially the reframing of creativity as something suppressed rather than lost.
I’d add one dimension that feels critical in the AI context — logical thinking.
In the “agentic era”, creativity alone might not be enough. Without logical structure, we remain in a prompt-based mode — asking and reacting. With it, we can design contexts, orchestrate agents, and build systems with autonomy.
Logical thinking doesn’t replace creativity — it extends and operationalises it.
Much like programming unlocked computational art in the 1960s, structuring systems may be what unlocks creativity in the age of AI.
There are so many great ideas to unpack here guys! Thanks so much for sharing this (and the shoutout too!). The idea that creativity and thinking across domains is innate to us all really stood out to me. I homeschool my son who's never been to a traditional school before. When I introduce a topic like the black plague to him, his mind naturally wanders through history, biology, and social change. We've been working against our natural inclinations with the factory-production model of education and work life. Creative recovery is something that's much needed to thrive in an AI world - not just hackathons and prompt workshops.
Your brilliant piece resonated with me, so I was more than happy to include it.
Your experience homeschooling demonstrates how our approach to education is completely wrong (in my opinion). Yet we continue to teach children one subject at a time, sitting in rows, in much the same way as we did during the Industrial Revolution!
One thing the AI revolution will demand of all our educators, going forward, is consilience.
Thanks so much for the opportunity to collaborate to this post Des and also for the thought provoking insights into what it means to be both technical and creative. 🙏
You’re welcome Sam. Thanks for your support and expertise as ever.
Really enjoyed this you two. That NASA finding is staggering!
Thanks for reading Natalie!
really enjoyed it!
Thanks Natalie! Des did an amazing job with this post. 🙏
Great reflection — really enjoyed it! Especially the reframing of creativity as something suppressed rather than lost.
I’d add one dimension that feels critical in the AI context — logical thinking.
In the “agentic era”, creativity alone might not be enough. Without logical structure, we remain in a prompt-based mode — asking and reacting. With it, we can design contexts, orchestrate agents, and build systems with autonomy.
Logical thinking doesn’t replace creativity — it extends and operationalises it.
Much like programming unlocked computational art in the 1960s, structuring systems may be what unlocks creativity in the age of AI.
Thank you for reading @Jose Pedro Sousa. I could not agree more. Structure, systems and context are everything!
There are so many great ideas to unpack here guys! Thanks so much for sharing this (and the shoutout too!). The idea that creativity and thinking across domains is innate to us all really stood out to me. I homeschool my son who's never been to a traditional school before. When I introduce a topic like the black plague to him, his mind naturally wanders through history, biology, and social change. We've been working against our natural inclinations with the factory-production model of education and work life. Creative recovery is something that's much needed to thrive in an AI world - not just hackathons and prompt workshops.
Thank you so much for reading @Dawn Teh!
Your brilliant piece resonated with me, so I was more than happy to include it.
Your experience homeschooling demonstrates how our approach to education is completely wrong (in my opinion). Yet we continue to teach children one subject at a time, sitting in rows, in much the same way as we did during the Industrial Revolution!
One thing the AI revolution will demand of all our educators, going forward, is consilience.