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What is Creativity?

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Creativity is the ability to produce unusual value. This is associated with activities that have vastly different results.

Example

Two authors sit down to write a book. One produces a work that is regarded as an outstanding work of literature. The other produces a work that is regarded as low value. As such, writing is a creative activity as there is a wide difference in value from one work to the next.

Counterexample

Administration such as paperwork doesn't require creativity because the results are either sufficient or deficient with no potential for unusual value.
Overview: Creativity Definition
Type
Definition
The ability to produce unusual value.
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Abstraction
Analogy
Brainstorming
Constraints
Coolness
Creative Ability
Creative Class
Creative Direction
Creative Economy
Creative Expression
Creative Feedback
Creative Hobbies
Creative Industries
Creative Intuition
Creative Leadership
Creative Process
Creative Productivity
Creative Quality
Creative Spark
Creative Tension
Creative Things
Creative Thinking
Creative Value
Creative Works
Creativity Theory
Divergent Thinking
Idea Generation
Ideas
Ideation
Imagination
Improv
Improvisation
Intellectual Diversity
Inventive Step
Journals
Magical Thinking
Metaphysical Conceit
Motley Crew
Non-Obviousness
Originality
Play
Preserving Ambiguity
Reverse Brainstorming
Serendipity
Storytelling
Thought Experiment
Unlearning
Work Creativity
Worldbuilding
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