May 16th, 2012 at 2:28PM
In a study of 2,036 scientists throughout history, Dean Kean Simonton of the University of California, Davis found that the most respected produced not only great works, but also more “bad” ones. Out of their massive quantity of work came quality. Geniuses produce. Period. — How Geniuses Think
May 16th, 2012 at 2:14PM

…creativity is not the same as intelligence. An individual can be far more creative than he or she is intelligent, or far more intelligent than creative …geniuses think productively, not reproductively. When confronted with a problem, they ask “How many different ways can I look at it?”, “How can I rethink the way I see it?”, and “How many different ways can I solve it?” instead of “What have I been taught by someone else on how to solve this?”


…Einstein was once asked what the difference was between him and the average person. He said that if you asked the average person to find a needle in the haystack, the person would stop when he or she found a needle. He, on the other hand, would tear through the entire haystack looking for all the possible needles.

 — How Geniuses Think
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May 11th, 2012 at 5:27PM
I think we need to ensure that we don’t surrender too much of our cities to the loveliness of upscale boutiques, fancy espresso bars and high-end restaurants. Money in a metropolis typically buys isolation - we get a little peace of mind and our very own parking space - but the creativity of a city depends on our constantly mixing and mingling. — How Creativity Works in Cities
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May 11th, 2012 at 5:23PM
I just find it slightly ironic that even the researchers inventing all these wonderful tools that allow us to interact remotely, such as email and Skype and Facetime, still organize themselves into local clusters. They know that they need to constantly interact in person, which is why they pay the exorbitant rents of Mountain View or San Francisco or Brooklyn. The city, it turns out, isn’t obsolete. Not even close. — How Creativity Works in Cities
#creativity#startups#cities
April 25th, 2012 at 3:41PM
This is gonna be fun. 

This is gonna be fun. 

March 26th, 2012 at 9:59PM
imvp: This week is going to be a very busy one indeed! I’ll be at Tuesday-Thursday’s events, hopefully HackDays on Friday, and definitely DemoDay on Saturday.

imvp:

This week is going to be a very busy one indeed!

I’ll be at Tuesday-Thursday’s events, hopefully HackDays on Friday, and definitely DemoDay on Saturday.

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