For my reflexive blog post this week, I went all the way back to the writing into the day we did on October 4th, which was the "Where Good Ideas Come From" presentation by Steven Johnson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU
At first, Steven Johnson explains that good ideas can take years to mature, and until then, they are "hunches". As these hunches grow, it's sometimes only when they are combined with another hunch that they complete these good ideas. A "hunch" lurking in someone else's mind is often what turns a person's hunch into a real breakthrough. There are many cases that someone can have half of a good idea.
The reason I think this video is relevant is because we now have so many ways that we can reach out to connect to someone to find the missing piece of an idea. People can connect with each other easier than ever and that't whats important for the development of good ideas. This allows us to borrow and combine anybody's ideas easily. Looking at the advances happening in only the last fifteen years that allow this easier communication, it makes me wonder how much easier ideas will be able to spread with the technological advances in the next fifteen years.
I love thinking about where ideas come from. but i think that logically its a pulse from your brain. without your brain you wouldnt be....well you
ReplyDeleteI would love to know the science behind ideas or what the brain looks like when a person gets an idea. The comical visual that always pops into my head is the light bulb coming on above someones head. Its funny but thats what getting an idea feels like sometimes. Everything just clicks and falls into place.
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