--- title: Okay Human Insights | Play description: Play | Embracing creativity and empathy to understand humans more deeply. Powered by tech, we’re animated by humans. --- [Skip to content](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/play#main-content) [![okay human logo_png-1](https://news.okayhuman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/okay%20human%20logo_png-1.png?width=300&height=300&name=okay%20human%20logo_png-1.png "okay human logo_png-1")](https://www.okayhuman.com/) [What else are we thinking about? 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[Read more](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/theres-nothing-more-rational-than-emotion) [![you are not too busy to be creative](https://news.okayhuman.com/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20-%202024-10-30T152458.079.png)](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/debunking-myth-3-you-dont-have-the-time-to-think-laterally-or-test-new-creative-tools) [Play](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/play), [Creativity](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/creativity), [myths](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/myths) ## [Debunking Myth #3: You don’t have the time to think laterally or test new creative tools.](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/debunking-myth-3-you-dont-have-the-time-to-think-laterally-or-test-new-creative-tools) "The creative process requires time for the unconscious to work." - Rollo May [Read more](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/debunking-myth-3-you-dont-have-the-time-to-think-laterally-or-test-new-creative-tools) [![Unleash your true self this Halloween](https://news.okayhuman.com/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20-%202024-10-29T142647.673.png)](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/truth-is-a-drag-queen) [Empathy](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/empathy), [Intimacy](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/intimacy), [Masks](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/masks), [Play](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/play), [Halloween](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/halloween) ## [Truth is a drag queen.](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/truth-is-a-drag-queen) Don’t waste your Halloween this year: use the power of the mask to unleash your creativity. [Read more](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/truth-is-a-drag-queen) [![sympler builds empathy through relfective playful chat](https://news.okayhuman.com/hubfs/video%20cover%202024.png)](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/sympler-reanimates-the-human-through-play-empathy) [Video](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/video), [Empathy](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/empathy), [Human Research](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/human-research), [Play](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/play) ## [Sympler reanimates the human \[video\]](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/sympler-reanimates-the-human-through-play-empathy) [Read more](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/sympler-reanimates-the-human-through-play-empathy) [![How Play Reshapes Human Thinking in the AI Age](https://news.okayhuman.com/hubfs/iiex%20video%20teaser.png)](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/how-play-reshapes-human-thinking-in-the-ai-age-video) [Video](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/video), [AI](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/ai), [Play](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/play) ## [How Play Reshapes Human Thinking in the AI Age](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/how-play-reshapes-human-thinking-in-the-ai-age-video) By deactivating our long-conditioned robot brain and firing up our childlike, curious, naive, wander... [Read more](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/how-play-reshapes-human-thinking-in-the-ai-age-video) [![Pink neon seesaws straddling Mexico/US border nurture play in the face of seriousness & political malaise](https://news.okayhuman.com/hubfs/mexico%20us%20border%20nurture%20play.png)](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/the-robots-are-us.-why-we-must-start-playing-again-before-we-forget-how) [Insights](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/insights), [Media Mention](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/media-mention), [AI](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/ai), [Empathy](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/empathy), [Human Research](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/human-research), [Play](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/play) ## [The Robots are us. Why we must start playing again before we forget how.](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/the-robots-are-us.-why-we-must-start-playing-again-before-we-forget-how) This piece was featured on Quirks Media In a Late Show interview earlier this month, Yuval Noah Hara... [Read more](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/the-robots-are-us.-why-we-must-start-playing-again-before-we-forget-how) [![play in qual research](https://news.okayhuman.com/hubfs/Canva%20images/0001-5426119299303370957.jpg)](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/instituting-silliness.-how-play-in-qual-research-unlocks-the-whole-human) [Perspectives](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/perspectives), [Press & News](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/press-news), [Human Insights](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/human-insights), [Play](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/tag/play) ## [Instituting Silliness. How 'play' in qual research unlocks the whole human](https://news.okayhuman.com/insights/instituting-silliness.-how-play-in-qual-research-unlocks-the-whole-human) This piece was featured on Research Live. 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