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The World-Changing Power of Wonder, Delight, and Play

By Steven Johnson — 2016

Sometime in the last decades of the 1700s, a Swiss inventor and showman with the delightful name John-Joseph Merlin opened an establishment in London called Merlin’s Mechanical Museum. In modern terms, Merlin’s shop was a kind of hybrid between a science museum, a gaming arcade, and a maker lab.

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As a writer, I am in constant search for inspiration. Sometimes it comes to me out of the blue, but for the most part, I have to work hard for it. If only the solution were as simple as flipping a switch! Having creativity exercises on deck might just serve to unleash your creativity.

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Play Out, Don’t Work Out

Play your way to a happy, healthy, and long life.

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Why Adults Should Play, Too

Play is essential to our health

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Adults Need Recess too. Here’s Why You Should Make Time to Play.

Research has shown that adults, too, have a lot to gain from the act of playing.

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Wim Hof: The Man and the Method

Your breathing rate and pattern is a process within the autonomic nervous system that you can control to some extent to achieve different results.

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