http://www.kindlingapp.com/blog/part-ii-what-makes-an-idea-good/ Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:08:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.kindlingapp.com/blog/part-ii-what-makes-an-idea-good/#comment-173 Tim Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:59:43 +0000 http://www.kindlingapp.com/?p=223#comment-173 So I'm reading Steven B Johnson's new book, "Where Good Ideas Come From" and his first section of the book about "The Adjacent Possible" is strongly related to this post. And I don't mean that in a self-promoting way, it was just a very similar take on the fitness of an idea. He writes: "trying to create an Analytical Engine in 1850 - or YouTube in 1995 - was the equivalent of those fatty acids trying to self-organize into a sea urchin. The idea was right, but the environment wasn't ready for it yet." (page 40) So I’m reading Steven B Johnson’s new book, “Where Good Ideas Come From” and his first section of the book about “The Adjacent Possible” is strongly related to this post. And I don’t mean that in a self-promoting way, it was just a very similar take on the fitness of an idea. He writes: “trying to create an Analytical Engine in 1850 – or YouTube in 1995 – was the equivalent of those fatty acids trying to self-organize into a sea urchin. The idea was right, but the environment wasn’t ready for it yet.” (page 40)

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