Why are the Icelanders so absurdly creative?

Is it the wind, the volcanoes, something in the water...?

Last week I had a delightful chat with the London Writers’ Salon in which we, among other things, discussed my work in writing about Icelandic culture.

One of the things that Matt, the host, asked me, was on creativity in Iceland—specifically why the Icelanders are so creative.

And we are. For a nation of some 400 thousand people it is remarkable how we…