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Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration (review)
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Phi-Sci Online
Jul 29, 2008, 9:59:37 AM7/29/08
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Keith Sawyer's latest book takes aim at the 'myth of the lone genius',
the idea that creativity is essentially about flashes of individual
brilliance. This is hardly a new idea -- both the 'bolt from the blue'
and the individualistic account have been called into question before
-- but Sawyer is after something bigger. He wants to convince us that
new ideas are always the result of social interaction, that 'even the
insights that emerge when you're completely alone can be traced back
to previous collaborations'. Link: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4369
the idea that creativity is essentially about flashes of individual
brilliance. This is hardly a new idea -- both the 'bolt from the blue'
and the individualistic account have been called into question before
-- but Sawyer is after something bigger. He wants to convince us that
new ideas are always the result of social interaction, that 'even the
insights that emerge when you're completely alone can be traced back
to previous collaborations'. Link: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4369
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M Winther
Jul 30, 2008, 1:24:43 AM7/30/08
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This book will be appreciated by all the drones in all work-places. In fact,
this myth is not new. It always surfaces in one way or another. It
compensates for the fact that in a modern complicated society the dead meat
stands out more clearly, while it's obvious that many people cannot contribute
much. I have see this in so many work-places.
Mats
T-minus108
Jul 31, 2008, 9:03:50 PM7/31/08
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Couldn't it be said that we've always known this?
No one person has ever had a eurika moment without first knowing a bit
about what that said person was theorizing about... for example,
newton didn't just come up with the law of gravity... he experienced
it along with others.
Reddragonf66
Aug 12, 2008, 1:15:55 PM8/12/08
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i like like the litle lamp dude from willy wortel
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