Welcome to Creative Democracy! On this episode I talk about the meaning of selfhood, education and constructing our own mind.

The resources mentioned on this episode are: Educated by Tara Westover / Factfulness by Hans Rosling / The Blue Economy by Gunter Pauli / The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday

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Welcome to Creative Democracy! On this episode I talk about the ID revolution, forming and reclaiming our individuality, and why one size does not fit all. 

The resources mentioned on this episode are: Educated by Tara Westover / @historycoolkids on Instagram / Central American alternative music @nufestival / Daily Instagram Lives in Spanish @mijangos / Mutek Festival / Everything’s a Remix video series / Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon / Idea Village platform for community building.

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Welcome to Creative Democracy. On this episode we discuss exploring identity, designing what you want to exist, and clashing new perspectives into unexpected places.

The resources mentioned on this episode are: Peak: The Science of Expertise / Las Damas Documentary / Garifuna and Lena cultures from Honduras / Cayos Cochinos remote community in Honduras / Saku Magazine experimental art press / Share Your Work by Austin Kleon / Factfulness by Hans Rosling.

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Welcome to Creative Democracy! A space to celebrate creativity, diversity of thought and rebel ideas. On this episode I talk about readapting my creative process during a global pandemic, reading really really good books, and becoming a strategist for rebel ideas.

The resources I mentioned in the podcast: Nu Festival, underground music from Central America / Music I’ve discovered: Radio Escalera / Club Quarantine / Animal Crossing / Factfulness by Hans Rosling / Remote work tools: Zoom (video calling and screen sharing), Mural, Miro, Notion.

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On this episode I talk about moving to Iceland from Honduras, being fed up by traditional education, and choosing to transition from an insider perspective to an outsider mindset.

“We need to be insiders and outsiders, conceptual natives and recombinant immigrants. We need to be able to understand the status quo, but also to question it. We need to be strategically rebellious.” — Rebel Ideas, Matthew Syed

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The resources mentioned on this episode are:
ICYE Honduras. AUS Iceland. Rebel Ideas by Matthew Syed. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Aalto University in Finland.

Shows Notes // Rebel Ideas / Instagram: @creative.democracy / The Futur Pro Group / Peak Performance Partner / Design Sprint / Nordic Match / Flow / Inside Bill’s Brain / Think Week / Pico Bonito, Honduras / La Canasta at Pico Bonito / Reading List 2019 /Ikigai

Welcome to Creative Democracy. Our second episode features a talk with Arnar, current manager of The Blue Bank, where we discuss changing the narrative of what is possible. We dive deep into how remote villages can reinvent themselves through innovation and diversity of perspectives, new ways of living, as well as respecting and cherishing communities where every individual is important. 

The Blue Bank /
The Creative Class by Richard Florida / 
Start With Why / 
Kamiyama Village in Japan / 
Towards an imperfect cinema / 
The new urban crisis

Welcome to the first episode of Creative Democracy, where we talk about creativity, challenge the way we think about things, and celebrate the joy of creating, as well as the risk and courage that inevitably come along. I hope you enjoy!

00:00 - Welcome to the Creative Democracy

03:35 - Þingeyri: The Village of Ideas

14:00 - Coming Home

15:40 - On being Natured

19:49 - A world composed not of parts, but growth

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Resources

Þingeyri Wikipedia (https://www.westfjords.is/en/moya/toy/index/town/thingeyri) ⚡️

My year abroad in Iceland was possible through ICYE (https://www.facebook.com/icyehonduras/)⚡️

Workaway (https://www.workaway.info) ⚡️

Art Residencies with Simbahollin (http://www.simbahollin.is/westfjords-residency) ⚡️

The Blue Bank Coworking Space and Innovation Hub in Þingeyri (https://www.blabankinn.is/?lang=en)

Talk with Arnar about Innovation in Remote Communities (Tune in for the second episode of Creative Democracy!) ⚡️

Idea Village Platform Under Construction (URL coming soon) ⚡️

Abstract The Art of Design: Bioarchitecture with Neri Oxman (on Netflix) ⚡️

The Cycle of Creativity by Neri Oxman (https://images.app.goo.gl/aBfCadDBbhMPGPUV8) ⚡️

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