“The economics of television syndication and DVD sales mean that there's a tremendous financial pressure to make programs that can be watched multiple times, revealing new nuances and shadings on the third viewing. Meanwhile, the Web has created a forum for annotation and commentary that allows more complicated shows to prosper, thanks to the fan sites where each episode of shows like 'Lost' or 'Alias' is dissected with an intensity usually reserved for Talmud scholars.” MeanShowsLostFansTelevisionProgramEconomicsThirdsPressureFinancialComplicatedThanksIntensityScholarEpisodesMultipleSiteRevealingReservedCommentaryNuanceDvdsForumsAliasesAnnotationFinancial Pressure Author:Steven Johnson
“The patterns are simple, but followed together, they make for a whole that is wiser than the sum of its parts. Go for a walk; cultivate hunches; write everything down, but keep your folders messy; embrace serendipity; make generative mistakes; take on multiple hobbies; frequent coffeehouses and other liquid networks; follow the links; let others build on your ideas; borrow, recycle; reinvent. Build a tangled bank.” WritingArtIdeasWholeTogetherSimpleWalksMistakeEmbracePatternsLinksMultipleWiserHobbiesMessyLiquidSerendipityTangledHunchesFolders Book:Where Good Ideas Come From Source: Where Good Ideas Come From
“Calculus, the electrical battery, the telephone, the steam engine, the radio - all these groundbreaking innovations were hit upon by multiple inventors working in parallel with no knowledge of one another.” InnovationRadioEnginesMultipleTelephonesParallelsInventorSteamElectricalBatteriesCalculusSteam EnginesGroundbreaking Author:Steven Johnson
“Keeping a slow hunch alive poses challenges on multiple scales. For starters, you have to preserve the hunch in your own memory, in the dense network of your neurons. Most slow hunches pass in and out of our memory too quickly, precisely because they possess a certain murkiness. You get a feeling that there's an interesting avenue to explore, a problem that might lead you to a solution, but then you get distracted by more pressing matters and the hunch disappears. So part of the secret of hunch cultivation is simple: write everything down.” WritingMatterFeelingsProblemMightCertainChallengesMemoriesSimpleInterestingSecretAliveSolutionsDisappearScalesPreservesMultipleDistractedAvenuesOur MemoriesCultivationDenseHunchesNeuronsStarters Author:Steven Johnson
