korrents

Our readingWhat is a korrent?

Starting creative work from a small, specific detail produces more original results than starting from a big overarching idea.

Drawn from what Henrik Karlsson said

What these subjects mean

creativity Making something new: where ideas come from, what conditions let them come, and whether a machine can have them.

innovation Where new things come from and how they spread: invention against diffusion, and being near the factory floor.

Where does creativity come from?under our view: Nothing is made from nothing: new ideas are old pieces brought together

What Henrik Karlsson actually said

  1. Henrik Karlsson Swedish essayist who writes Escaping Flatland
    The things you arrive at by exploring small seeds, on the other hand, lead you further astray and tend to produce more life.

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