Beyond The Schlock of The New:Eight strategies for design and foresight by Kevin McCullagh

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This article is a take on enchancing your experience of creation as well as making it a more productive one. Stating that first off the primary aspect is to focus and narrow your odds. Basically, do not leave yourself with a broad range of ideas with a never ending scope.

Wise words from the author of the aritcle depicting the importance of viewing life through a larger perspective as well as a more down to earth one...realizing what truely matters.
"Sure technology shapes us, but we also shape it, and looking at the future through the prism of a technology is bound to lead to a blinkered and distorted view."