Use a Zwicky Box To Solve Hard Problems in Unexpected Ways
A simple tool to help you beat your own psychology and reliably create novel solutions to any challenge
April 23, 2020
Hi! Dan here — today’s post is about the Zwicky Box, a creativity tool used by the scientist Fritz Zwicky to solve hard problems. In the post below we’ll tell you what a Zwicky box is and how to use one.
But we went a step further than usual to help you put this post into practice. Nathan Baschez worked all weekend to custom make a Zwicky Box tool called Superbox for you to actually try the concept out. Members can use Superbox here. Or read on for more about the Zwicky Box below.
Fritz Zwicky was wacky, curmudgeonly, and also one of the most prominent scientists in the twentieth century:
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