I did not see the word "imagination" mentioned in that article. It seems like a glaring omission given the topic. "How can imagination be cultivated?" would be

I did not see the word "imagination" mentioned in that article. It seems like a glaring omission given the topic. "How can imagination be cultivated?" would be an important question in that context. It could include things like letting kids (and adults) have more unstructured time, etc. We've largely banished boredom from the world now that we're constantly connected to the internet via our smartphones, but boredom could also be important for imagination. In my experience a lot of my best ideas came not with hard focus ("working hard") on a problem but while I was on a walk in nature not particularly focused on anything.