"**This has a fascinating implication: if knowledge – about the ‘right way’ to proceed – can be a bad thing, might it make sense to think of ignorance as a precious resource, worth stewarding**? "‘**Unlike knowledge, which is infinitely reusable, ignorance is a one-shot deal: once it has been replaced by knowledge, it can be hard to get back**,’ the scholar [[David Gray]] writes in a [[Harvard Business Review]] article entitled ‘Wanted: Chief Ignorance Officer’. ‘ "And after it’s gone, we are more apt to follow well-worn paths to find answers … **Solved problems tend to stay solved – sometimes disastrously so**.’ Might imagination and a certain kind of ignorance in fact be one and the same thing? Spend time around children, more than one writer on creativity advises: kids don’t yet know what’s been officially deemed impossible, which puts them at an advantage. Or as [[Picasso]] put it, using slightly Cubist grammar, **‘All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up**.’" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]] , [[joy-of-missing-out]], [[acceptance]], [[skepticism]], [[curiosity]], [[organisational-culture]] **Source** -- [[20241114100017 - B - Help!]]