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155: Where Good Ideas Come From by Stephen Johnson

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Exaptation is basically taking an idea that works in one realm and Morphin it to work in a different realm. Gutenberg had very little experience with the wine press itself Which is what it was based off of That allowed him to see other ways to use it. He also talks about How the most innovative companies he mentions specifically that they function more like a coffee house than an assembly line.

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