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Creative Thinking Is a Skill You Can Train.

Creative thinking sounds mysterious, but it isn’t magic. It’s not reserved for artists, designers, or people who “think outside the box.” In fact, many job interviews now explicitly ask candidates to demonstrate creative problem-solving. Yet most people struggle to define what creativity actually looks like in practice, or how to develop it when they’re stuck. At its core, creative thinking is the ability to take … Continue reading Creative Thinking Is a Skill You Can Train.

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Why Are Some People More Drawn to Rigid, Dogmatic, or Extremist Ideologies?

I recently participated in the online presentation of the book by Leor Zmigrod’s The Ideological Brain. Note that I haven’t read the book but the presentation was very thorough and this is what I retained. This book offers a groundbreaking synthesis of neuroscience and psychology to explain why certain individuals are more susceptible to rigid, dogmatic, or extremist ideologies. Drawing on peer-reviewed research and experimental … Continue reading Why Are Some People More Drawn to Rigid, Dogmatic, or Extremist Ideologies?