Where good ideas come from | Steven Johnson
TED1 HN recommender · recommended in 1 month, 2010-2020
1.7M views · 16 years ago · talk · evergreen
Steven Johnson's TED talk argues that good ideas come from connected, slow-building hunches and liquid networks, from London coffee houses to Darwin to the modern web, rather than lone Eureka moments.
HN people point to it as the talk version of his book on innovation, and for his brief discussion of liquid networks.
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3 comments from Hacker News
Why do so few events that shape your life or are worthy of mention take place in the suburbs, a place where people mostly sleep/rest? This reminds me of "liquid networks" from Steven Johnson's book "Where Good Ideas Come From". Here's a talk where he addresses it briefly, timestamped at the moment he starts talking about "liquid network"[0] Things worth telling mostly happen in cities, or the internet. - [0]: ▶ this video
"Where Good Ideas Come From" by Steven Johnson I'm fairly stubborn, so it takes a lot for me to change my ways. This book has changed my daily work routine. Johnson outlines 7 environments that have historically produced the most innovative ideas. It's easy to apply the lessons to your typical working day. Best book I've read in probably 5 years. 4-minute Teaser: link TED Talk: ▶ this video Amazon: link
His TED talk is here: ▶ this video There's also a link on the submitted page to the RSA animation on drive that's been submitted here so, so many times before: link For discussions on that, try these: link link link link link link link <- This one has comments link