Where good ideas come from | Steven Johnson

"Where Good Ideas Come From" by Steven Johnson I'm fairly stubborn, so it takes a lot for me to change my ways. This book has changed my daily work routine. Johnson outlines 7 environments that have historically produced the most innovative ideas. It's easy to apply the lessons to your typical working day. Best book I've read in probably 5 years. 4-minute Teaser: [link] TED Talk: ▶ this video Amazon: [link]

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Why do so few events that shape your life or are worthy of mention take place in the suburbs, a place where people mostly sleep/rest? This reminds me of "liquid networks" from Steven Johnson's book "Where Good Ideas Come From". Here's a talk where he addresses it briefly, timestamped at the moment he starts talking about "liquid network"[0] Things worth telling mostly happen in cities, or the internet. - [0]: ▶ this video

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His TED talk is here: ▶ this video There's also a link on the submitted page to the RSA animation on drive that's been submitted here so, so many times before: [link] For discussions on that, try these: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] <- This one has comments [link]

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