Productivity · 19 min
The Net and the Butterfly
By Olivia Fox Cabane
This episode reveals how true creativity emerges from a deliberate dance between intense focus and periods of mental wandering, a rhythm anyone can learn to master.
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Productivity
Duration
19 min
What it is about
Creativity, Innovation, Cognitive Science, Productivity
Who it is for
If you often find yourself pushing harder on a problem only to feel more stuck, this can help you understand how to cultivate the mental states where genuine solutions emerge.
The author
Olivia Fox Cabane, a lecturer at Stanford and MIT, draws on neuroscience and behavioral economics to reveal the hidden cognitive mechanisms behind our most elusive creative moments, offering a practical guide to cultivating them.
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