- Oct 18, 2025
Your child was born a creative genius, it's been proven over 1,000,000 times around the world.
- Steam Engine Solution
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98% of 4 to 5-year-olds scored at the creative genius level on the same test Land was hired by NASA to develop, to find the nation's best creative talent for the Apollo missions and beyond.
By age 31, only 2% of the population can do it. Why? What changed over the course of our lives that cuts us off from our natural creative genius?
Land found it was that voice in your head that says "no, that would be stupid" or "no, people would laugh at that" or "no, that would never work", which our system of compulsory schooling installs very effectively (see John Taylor Gatto's books for details about the mechanisms).
It's not that we never want to doubt ourselves (yikes), it's that the doubt comes in way too early, before our minds have had a chance to explore and test the possibilities, and that rigid thinking keeps us stuck in a very narrow band of awareness.
My business, Steam Engine Solution, is aimed at freeing students' minds from that narrow band of thinking when it comes to mathematics specifically, because being able to think and understand the language of mathematics, the language our universe is written in, is the single most profound mental shift I believe anyone can make to create a brighter future for ourselves and for the world around us.
When we deeply understand mathematics, and the lagnauge is clear to us, we have the ability to engage with the world and solve problems meaningfully on any scale, to create solutions for our society and our ecosystem that really might leave things better than we found them.
The craziest part to me is: it's actually ridiculously easy and simple to unlock a student's natural math genius, IF you know how to do it. I have developed a system to do so that is extremely reliable, and dare I say fun.
If you want your children to have the brightest future possible, watch this TED talk by George Land. And if you want them to experience math as a source of empowerment and confidence, rather than anxiety, shame or eye-rolling drudgery, email me at brocton@steamenginesolution.com and we'll talk about how to get started.