Re:Good Books for a Lousy Year
by minkeymaniac on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @08:34AM
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In that case read the book "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" from that list first. You will notice that the people that came up with solutions came from a total different discipline, while the people in that field were stuck
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Re:Good Books for a Lousy Year
by parkersweb on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @09:21AM
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Or another book recommendation from Gates Notes ‘Where Good Ideas Come From” https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/Where-Good-Ideas-Come-From which argues that some of the most innovative discoveries from history come from exaptation - the application of ideas from one discipline to an unrelated field.