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# [Weekly Retro] Are we losing our critical creativity?
- URL: https://www.cesarrg.com/weekly-retro-are-we-losing-our-critical-creativity-2/
- Published: 2024-12-13T11:30:31.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-13T11:30:31.000Z
- Author: César Rodríguez
- Tags: Weekly Retro, Insights

#198 - Nov.2024

Happy Friday!

💡 Here is a quick idea before you head off to the weekend:

Our future needs people who excel in **critical creativity.**

The ability to think critically while finding connecting insights across various domains is becoming more rare.

Technology is making us more efficient. But is also **turning us more lazy.** 

If we **offload all our decision-making to tech**, without questioning, we end up not experimenting reality in a way we can develop knowledge and expertise. 

Creativity will become the most important force for **differentiation**.

*\[ps: I'm writing a long article on my observations and concerns about how we are leaving behind our critical thinking, and how we can avoid having tech fully driving our ideas.* [*Subscribe here,*](https://www.cesarrg.com/#/portal/signup) *and I will send it to your e-mail.\]*

### 📝 Word of the year

Through public voting Oxford [published](https://corp.oup.com/news/brain-rot-named-oxford-word-of-the-year-2024/?ref=cesarrg.com) the word of the year for 2024: **Brain Rot**

> ‘Brain rot’ is defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. Also: something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration”.

### **👨🏻‍💻 Interesting links**

[TimeMap.org - World History AtlasThe easy-to-use getaway to historical maps in libraries around the world.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/10/f4/10f4a52f-1b7d-4284-b66d-0fccfd9dc5da/content/images/icon/safari-pinned-tab.svg)Old MapsKlokan Technologies GmbH (https://www.klokantech.com/)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/10/f4/10f4a52f-1b7d-4284-b66d-0fccfd9dc5da/content/images/thumbnail/omo_share_img.jpg)](https://www.oldmapsonline.org/en/history/battles?ref=cesarrg.com#position=4.2728/40.91/29.48&year=1550)

[Failure.Museum – Exploring Failed Ideas & VenturesFailure museum of companies, products, sports & toys Featured Additions: Most Recent: Beautycounter Founded in 2013, Beautycounter, a leader in the clean beaut … Read More ESPN Mobile Phone Launched and discontinued in 2006, ESPN burned through $150 … Read More Febreze Scent Stories Launched in 2004, Febreze Scent Stories was a clamshell dev … \[…\]![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/10/f4/10f4a52f-1b7d-4284-b66d-0fccfd9dc5da/content/images/icon/FailureMuseum_resized.gif)Failure Museum Logo![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/10/f4/10f4a52f-1b7d-4284-b66d-0fccfd9dc5da/content/images/thumbnail/svg-xml-nitro-empty-id-MjA5NToyNjg--1-base64-PHN2ZyB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgOTAwIDEwMjQiIHdpZHRoPSI5MDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAyNCIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIj48L3N2Zz4-)](https://failure.museum/?ref=cesarrg.com)

### **🖋️ Quote of the week**

> **“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”** – Pablo Picasso

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