Unlocking Imagination: The Science of Wonder in a Flattening World
Wednesday, September 2, 2026, 6:00 PM PDT – 8:30 PM PDT
Bivouac Adventure Lodge: Cider Bar, Coffee Shop, & General Store · 3980 30th St, San Diego, CA 92104, USA, San Diego, CA
Hosted by Big Idea Night
We live plugged in from daybreak to bedtime, constantly receiving, managing, and reacting to information. Rarely are we given the space to let our minds drift and wonder.Dr. Cassandra Vieten calls this "the Great Flattening," a slow erosion of our capacity to wonder, imagine, and be surprised.Her antidote is to return to a tool we all have but may have lost touch with: imagination. Not as a frivolous daydream or a gift some people have and others don't, but as a working skill of the brain: one you can train like a muscle.For this Big Idea Night, Dr. Vieten, a clinical psychologist and…