Convos (Blog)

Applied creativity and inventive thinking for regular people in everyday life.

Paradox of Automation
M.J. DElia M.J. DElia

Paradox of Automation

Everywhere you look we try to make things easier for ourselves. One-click purchases. One-button coffee beverages. Autocorrect. Email automations. Purchase recommendations (“People who watched X also watched Y”). We build technology to anticipate our wants and automate our needs. 

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Improv Your Practice
M.J. DElia M.J. DElia

Improv Your Practice

You should practice improv. Huh? I know this sounds oxymoronic. Improv requires spontaneous responses to stimuli in the environment; how do you practice that? Truth be told, I’m in awe of people who perform in improv comedy troupes. I feel like my brain doesn’t work that way.

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