My colleague and friend Bruce Mau was recently on CBC Radio where he read an essay, "Science plus Art to Change the World," in response to the series challenge, "This I Believe". The show was a classic from American public radio, recently revived by NPR and now CBC in Canada. Bruce's essay is a powerful crystalization of his thoughts on humanism, optimism and design.
The essay begins (but read the whole thing, or listen to it on-line):
"I believe in science and art and the practice of design that brings them together to change the world.
"I have three wildly inventive young daughters and they have opened my eyes to my believe in the mystery and power of creative invention. They remind me on a daily basis of my belief in the scientific method, of questioning our experience and my belief in the vast unknown. My work as a designer demands the intersection of these two great cultures of our time: science and the arts. In our society they mostly live separate lives, developing separate world views, distinct methods and segregated communities of thought and practice. The more I work as a designer, a practice that demands the constant negotiation of the boundaries and intersections of these two worlds, the more deeply committed I am to the foundation of science..."
These ideas are also explored in Bruce Mau's essay in The Walrus.
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