The creative power of constraints

The defining characteristics of what I call the creativity problem are three. First and obviously, it is initially ill-structured. Second, its solution depends on strategic specification of paired constraints. The specification is strategic because it is determined by the goal criterion. Third, the selected constraints structure the problem space t

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"If only we had more { money | time | authority | technology }, we could get everything done."

But there's a paradox here: it's never actually been true.

All great achievements happen while yoked by constraints. Even the biggest budget, high-stakes government programs (the Manhattan Project, Apollo Program) were heavily constrained.