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Where good ideas come fromWhere good ideas come from

Where good ideas come from2010

Steven Johnson, Steven Johnson

3.6(48)on Hardcover

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This work tracks the history of innovation in the form of the "slow hunch". The author discusses how new ideas form from the scaffolding of older ideas, a phenomenon he describes as the "adjacent possible". Includes delightful figures of how innovative ideas are shifting from one man with a plan for a profit to many minds working for the public good.

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First published
2010
OL Work ID
OL15392361W

Subjects

inventioncreativitysocietyopennessinnovationvacuum tubesevolutionthe Beaglecoral reefsCreativenessCreative thinkingbusinessideasthinkinginventionsSCIENCEMotivationalSOCIAL SCIENCE

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