The Art and Science of Human Inventiveness
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The best-selling author of Imagine thinks differently than most about how creativity “happens.” Demystifying our notions of who is creative and what constitutes a creative type, Lehrer offers insights through history and contemporary society to the nature of human inventiveness—which, at its core, is really quite scientific. Can you imagine? Speakers: Jonah Lehrer
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