By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/06/2026Yesterday, I attended a Brian Eno talk about the nature of creativity and art based on *What Art Does*, the short book he published with Bette Adriaanse last year: www.faber.co.uk/product/9780... 1/ 515146
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/06/2026If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/06/02/m... 2/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. 2324
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 02/06/2026This sounds a lot like Ellen Dissanayake's absolutely classic book 'Homo Aestheticus', which is a splendid read www.ellendissanayake.com/books/homo_a...ellendissanayake.comEllen Dissanayake, author and lecturer on the evolutionary origins of artEllen Dissanayake, University of Washington, independent scholar, author, and lecturer on the evolutionary origins of art, approaches philosophical aesthetics through evolutionary ethology. 070
Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Here’s a great old school way to teach your kids to use their brains instead of AI.Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.socialJames Burke’s “Connections” is also on YouTube. This is the best way to introduce your kids to science. The linkages that Burke explores and connects over the centuries is exactly the kind of thinking that humans do far better than AI. It’s a transformative series that will give you an edge over AI.youtu.beJames Burke Connections, Ep. 1 "The Trigger Effect"YouTube video by DRS_Education 010
Cowudi 🍉🐺🐻🐙🐷🌿🌍🌎 @cowudi.bsky.social · 02/06/2026It has blown my mind, too, through your reflections. Also scary what we may lose if we AI take away pur ability to feel and to make feel. 010
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