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155: Where Good Ideas Come From by Stephen Johnson

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What Are the Interesting Components of Serendipity?

The more disorganized your brain is the smarter you are. Serendipity is the power of accidental connection. If it's not interesting you're not going to be turning these things over in your brain. The idea that we can write down everything and then come back to them at a later date is incredibly freeing. But I'm not real sure what to do with that particular component of this.

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