The Collapse of Creativity
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Professor Peter Murphy (School of Creative Arts, James Cook University) argues that technology and medicine produce research that makes exciting promises but delivers fewer real results. This lecture will discuss the cultural and social forces driving this desertification of the imagination. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
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