Raul Cuero’s interview on creativity

It was interesting to hear about Raul Cuero’s upcoming and how he had to overcome many different predicaments over his life. For example, when he was a basketball player, many people assumed that he “couldn’t think” and couldn’t be an intellectual. But in reality, with all of his hard work and talents, he is now a doctor and inventor who has won dozens of awards. I liked how he talked about creativity and in order to be creative, you have to operate in the unknown. You have to put yourself at risk in order do something that no one else has done before. “Ideas emerge from interacting with other ideas.” The problem, in his opinion, is that many kids are too preoccupied in technology and they are losing natural interactions which is where creativity emerges. You shouldn’t be sending kids to college to get a job, rather you should be sending them to be exposed to knowledge so they can learn, grow, and interact. I can apply these concepts to my life by trying to expose myself to more things and experiences than I have before and to talk with others with a wonder and curiosity about life to make more intellectual and thought provoking conversations happen.