Creativity's dance with death

The Darwinian origins of our urge to create

What is creativity? How does the creative process work? And why do the most creative minds seem to be the most troubled? Gregory Feist digs deep into the Darwinian forces at play and argues that it is our relationship with death, particularly our desire to avoid it, which drives our creative urges.

 

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Roxana Belaunde 16 August 2022

About the last two sentences...what if our solutions and legacy don´t live on and neither do we have children?

David Simpson 15 August 2022

When I realised, aged about 6 or 7, that my parents were going to die, I was devastated. My whole life (I’m now 70) has been a struggle to find a point in living, knowing death is inevitable.