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Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity
Creativity, Tinker likes to say, is a function of the “library in your head.” “When you sit down to create something…what you create is a culmination of everything you’ve seen and done previous to that point.” What you pour out is a culmination of everything you’ve filled up on previous to that point.
Make Something to Learn More About What's Inside You
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This form of originality is called recombination because it requires finding novel combinations of two or more existing—and therefore unoriginal—concepts.
Adam Alter • Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most
A knowledge building block is discrete. It stands on its own and has intrinsic value, but knowledge building blocks can also be combined into something much greater—a report, an argument, a proposal, a story. Like the LEGO blocks you may have played with as a kid, they can be rapidly searched, retrieved, moved around, assembled, and reassembled int
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