If you’re not familiar with TED conferences (the letters stand for “Technology, Entertainment and Design”) you should Google it now. It’s ok, I’ll wait…back yet? Hopefully, you were directed to a video that blew your mind. TED is basically a reoccurring conference where really interesting people from all over discuss groundbreaking ideas on culture, science, art…anything that expands our understanding of this crazy world.
In this clip taken from a TED conference, Steven Johnson discusses the methodology of “good ideas”. While it’s kind of impossible to predict where and when a “good idea” might occur to us, Johnson claims that there are many recognizable features of “good ideas” and how they come into being. He cites certain factors and environments that foster the birth and maturation of good ideas. Here, just watch:
If that video really wet your whistle for some more contemplative discussion, come to BookPeople this Wednesday night (10/20) at 7PM, to meet Steven and hear him speak live. It’s definitely a good idea.
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My ‘good ideas’ as a writer comes predominantly from the biblical characters of philosophers…..