Culture

Culture is building material for intelligence and creativity.

Without dots to connect, no matter how smart and creative you are, you will hardly find the positive outcomes you’re looking for:

• Interesting conversations

• Artistic mastery

• Innovative problem solving

• etc.

However, not all dots are worth popping in your headspace.

Everyone agrees that shitty food ⇒ shitty body.

Same goes with content:

Shitty brain food ⇒ shitty cognitive ability.

That’s why I really dig the concept of “content diet”.

Intelligence

Now, regarding, intelligence—assuming that intelligence is IQ—there’s not much we can do.

According to this video, IQ is:

• 50% genetics

• 40% environment

• 10% education

Creativity

Creativity, however, can be exercised and it starts—once again—by curating your brain inputs. Discover (many) more tips in George’s creativity thread:

Brain food I collected

Anyway, in an attempt to adjust my “content diet”, I’ve sat in many “restaurants” in 2023.

I think I found some quality brain food. Here’s my cerviture (French for “brain food”).