From PhD to Playground: Reimagining Innovation as Fun

R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness · Nov 15, 2025 · 6m

simple:

1. Generate knowledge

2. Turn it into real-world solutions

3. Repeat—with joy

But instead of pretending that this happens in a perfectly rational system, I want to remind people: it’s allowed to be fun.

Serious progress can come from play.

Deep insight can come from silliness.

The point is to keep going, and keep trying—even when it feels pointless.