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Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under design design Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under metascience metascience Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The best ideas often arise when going across disciplines. The best ideas often arise when goingacross disciplines. Last stated 10 years ago by 6 Jul 2016 GW Gabriel Weinberg — holds since 2016-07-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making connections across different disciplines makes a person more creative. — tap to centre the map on it Making connections across differentdisciplines makes a person morecreative. Last stated 6 years ago 15 Aug 2020 MT Ming Thein — holds since 2020-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Some disciplines are more reliable than others, such as those describing experimentally tested ideas — tap to centre the map on it Some disciplines are more reliablethan others, such as thosedescribing experimentally testedideas Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making the cross-connections that produce new ideas requires a certain daring — tap to centre the map on it Making the cross-connections thatproduce new ideas requires a certaindaring IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best systems thinkers think not just about their feature but about how it extends the system. — tap to centre the map on it The best systems thinkers think notjust about their feature but abouthow it extends the system. Last stated 6 months ago 8 Apr 2026 IS Ian Silber — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person's hardest idea is usually their most valuable one. — tap to centre the map on it A person's hardest idea is usuallytheir most valuable one. Last stated 4 months ago 4 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The people most likely to get new ideas know their field well and are unconventional in their habits — tap to centre the map on it The people most likely to get newideas know their field well and areunconventional in their habits IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best systems thinkers turn big problems into very small tactics. — tap to centre the map on it The best systems thinkers turn bigproblems into very small tactics. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Bad-looking ideas often turn out to be the best ones, and pushing boundaries increases the odds of finding something valuable. — tap to centre the map on it Bad-looking ideas often turn out tobe the best ones, and pushingboundaries increases the odds offinding something valuable. Last stated 10 years ago 27 Jan 2017 HM Hilary Mason — holds since 2017-01-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-onglasses seems far more enticing thana $3,699, 700-gram headset strappedto the face. Last stated 2 weeks ago 24 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it A baby-step version of eval-drivendesign is to sketch out 10 to 20hero flows and run the feature orinteraction through them to seewhere it falls apart. Last stated 4 weeks ago 9 Sept 2026 EB Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated 3 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 15 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's edge now is pullingthings back, making them simpler andmore understandable, becauseeveryone can kind of execute rightnow. Last stated 2 months ago 29 Jul 2026 CD Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it. — tap to centre the map on it A loosely plotted, anarchic novelrequires a correspondingly loose,unplanned writing process to produceit. Last stated a month ago 7 Sept 2026 LM Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The best ideas often arise when going across disciplines. Last stated by 6 Jul 2016 · 10 years ago Holds Gabriel Weinberg Read this korrent →