About - Adjacent Possible

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As a condition of innovation, Johnson (2010) argues, “the adjacent possible is a kind of shadow future, hovering on the edges of the present state of things, a map of all the ways in which the present can reinvent itself” (p. 31)
from Curiosity and Networks of Possibility by Perry Zurn, Dani S. Bassett
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The strange and beautiful truth about the adjacent possible is that its boundaries grow as you explore them. Each new combination opens up the possibility of other new combinations.
from Creativity and the Adjacent Possible | chris monaghan dot org
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good ideas come from the adjacent possible
A yearning for innovation requires real exploration. It requires a persistent search to try (and fail) to move your understanding forward with a new tool, a new technique, a new insight. Sadly, the first innovation often isn’t even all that helpful, but may well provide a path to ones that are. This is an idea that Steven Johnson of Where Good Idea... See more
from SAM H INKIE 3 6 0 1 S O U T H B R O A D S T R E E T
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from Curiosity and Networks of Possibility by Perry Zurn, Dani S. Bassett