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One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from? With Where Good Ideas Come From , Steven Johnson pairs the insight of his bestselling Everything Bad Is Good for You and the dazzling erudition of The... read more
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- - Really good ideas take time. Good ideas are dense, liquid networks - they require exposure to other good ideas.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction: Reef, City, Web
I. The Adjacent Possible
II. Liquid Networks
III. The Slow Hunch
IV. Serendipity
V. Error
VI. Exaptation
VII. Platforms
Conclusion: The Fourth Quadrant
Acknowledgements
Appendix: Chronology of Key Innovations, 1400-2000
Notes and Further Reading
Bibliography
Index
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This book is in MIT Sloan School. (community list)
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- Steven Johnson (Author)
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- Dewey: 501
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