When we design, we should introduce more emergent complexity.

In a world that changes even as we try to understand it, we can equip ourselves with methods and tools powered by the same principles as nature: the interaction of infinite elementary components that generate an abundance of opportunities.

Curation—the ability to observe, filter, and combine an enormous quantity of possible solutions—opens the door to generative creativity, to unexpected solutions, to astonishing surprise.

But it’s only by abandoning fine control and equipping ourselves with generous reserves of patience that we can guide an experimental exploratory process to reveal new, useful solutions that are unimaginable through more linear and traditional paths.

A generative, algorithmic vision of creativity can be an important tool for confronting the complexity of modern times.

I used to do these explorations (once upon a time): instead of drawing by hand, I would write the code that drew for me. It was a beautiful period that I never stop thinking about daily.

The attached video, fascinating, explains in a non-technical, visual and animated way what emergent complexity is and how we can harness it.

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