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Connect The Dots - Creativity Examined
- nazgulnarsil 18y agotl;dr version I believe that when you boil everything down to its essence, creativity stems from the following trait: the ability to see connections between things that others do not. I thought this was obvious. I figured it out quite young. dumb people think linearly, smart people think in spiderwebs.
- JayNeely 18y agoThat both oversimplifies his points and bypasses the interesting thought process behind them. It also cuts out the 10 tips at the bottom, a few of which are really useful insights or reminders, depending on your previous reading on this subject.
- nazgulnarsil 18y agomost of his tips aren't all that useful. consider #1 "using randomness" what he's actually talking about is using constraints to your advantage. Humans often have problems getting anything done with a blank sheet, they need rules to try to get around or work with. But he doesn't mention this.