0601 | Joshua Wolf Shenk

Published on January 5, 2015. Updated on November 30th, 2023.

0601 | Joshua Wolf Shenk

Joshua Wolf Shenk is a curator, essayist, and author, most recently, of Powers of Two. His magazine pieces include cover stories in Harper’s, Time, and The Atlantic, where his essay “What Makes Us Happy?” was the most read article in the history of that magazine’s website. In this interview, we discuss how the essence of innovation starts in creative pairs, not solo work.

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