Where good ideas come from | Steven Johnson

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Steven Johnson's TED talk based on his book Where Good Ideas Come From. He argues that innovation comes less from lone flashes of insight than from connected, open environments where ideas can collide and combine.

HN people share it as the short companion to Johnson's book and cite its idea of liquid networks.

“This book has changed my daily work routine.”
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@portman2010 · in “Ask HN: Best book you read in 2010 and briefly why”
"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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@Sukotto2010 · in “Steven Johnson TED talk: Where do good ideas come from? (video)”
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@ph0rque2010 · in “Where good ideas come from”
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@Jugurtha2020 · in “Why are there so few children’s books set in the suburbs?”
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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@spindritf2010 · in “Ask HN: Best book you read in 2010 and briefly why”
> TED Talk: ▶ this video Also on the TED site: link
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@RiderOfGiraffes2010 · in “RSA Animation: Where good ideas come from: Steven Johnson [video]”
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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