When you see a fork in the road, take it.

Here are a couple notes from his book A WHOLE NEW MIND.

(p. 69)  The wealth of nations and the well-being of individuals now depend on having artists in the room.  In a world enriched by abundance but disrupted by the automation and outsourcing of white-collar work, everyone, regardless of profession, must cultivate an artistic sensibility.

(p. 75)  For much of history, design…was reserved for the elite, who had the money to afford such frivolity and the time to enjoy it.  The rest of us might occasionally dip our toes into significance, but mostly we stayed at the utility end of the pool.  In the past few decades, however, that has begun to change.  Design has now become democratized.

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