The Biggest Lie We Tell About Creativity [Episode 35]

Send us Fan MailAfter nearly two years away from the microphone, eLDee returns with what may be the most thought provoking episode of Nigerian American yet.Using music, architecture, technology, and everyday life, he challenges one of the biggest assumptions in today's AI debate: What does it actually mean to create something original?If every artist learns from the musicians who came before them... if every songwriter builds on ideas that already exist... and if every generation borrows from the last, where do we draw the line between inspiration and imitation?Support the show

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