The Plenitude: Creativity, Innovation, and Making Stuff (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)

The Plenitude: Creativity, Innovation, and Making Stuff is a book that explores the concept of 'The Plenitude', a term used to describe the plethora of designed, marketed, and sold individual items in society. The author, Richard Goldstein, reflects in an unusual way on life, innovation, and the moral and philosophical questions around creativity and the creation of technology. The book is structured in three sections: biography, creative advice, and morality, providing insights into how the disciplines we are trained in influence and potentially limit our problem-solving potentials. It also discusses consumerism and its relationship to culture, societal issues, sustainability, and the future of design and technology.