There are challenges out there that threaten our survival, and you can respond in one of two ways: either you’ll open yourself up and respond to the challenges creatively, using your imagination to conjure something that doesn’t exist today; or, you’ll arrogantly assume the sufficiency of your competence—that is, the reliable processes you’ve always used to solve the problems you’ve always had. The first move is messy, human, chaotic, forcing you to imagine a new way forward, try things, admit mistakes, fail, learn, iterate, try again. Down that path, with no guarantees, is the possibility of
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