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"to build early stage ventures, entrepreneurship would become a “science,” and anyone could do it." Just because something becomes a 'science' it does not mean
by nadam 16y ago
"to build early stage ventures, entrepreneurship would become a “science,” and anyone could do it."
Just because something becomes a 'science' it does not mean that everybody can do it. Something is a science if you use the scientific method in it: come up with falsifiable hypotheses. (Certainly this is the case in enterpreneurship.) But coming up with hypotheses is not automated in any of the sciences. In fact you have disruptive ideas, 'paradigm-shifts' (see Kuhn) and all those 'creative' things in science too.
Creativity is needed to create great things in different fields. Enterpreneurs, hackers, engineers, inventors, scientists, mathematicians, artists: all can be creative and be in the 'flow' when building something. Picking artists and enterpreneurs seems to be totally arbitrary for me. (Although feeling like an artist is probably cool. (See 'hackers and painters'.))
- mindcrime 16y agoThat's a really good point. And it reminds me that there is a really cool book titled How Mathematicians Think[1] that goes into much detail about how mathematics is a creative activity and not just a mechanical process (as some people seem to believe.) [1]: http://www.amazon.com/How-Mathematicians-Think-Contradiction-Mathematics/dp/0691127387 http://www.amazon.com/How-Mathematicians-Think-Contradiction...