Comments on: Social Origin of Good Ideas http://www.mikekarnj.com/blog/2008/11/07/social-origin-of-good-ideas/ I'm an entrepreneur living in NYC Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:08:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Swing for the Fences… or Not? | Michael Karnjanaprakorn http://www.mikekarnj.com/blog/2008/11/07/social-origin-of-good-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-83852 Swing for the Fences… or Not? | Michael Karnjanaprakorn Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:14:55 +0000 http://blog.mikekarnj.com/?p=425#comment-83852 [...] A couple of nights ago, I had dinner with Nick and Thompson who told me about movie directors and their “calling cards” (if you don’t have friends outside of the tech/startup industry, you should start widening your circle because the more people you know outside of your industry, the higher you chance of being innovative and gauging good ideas). [...] [...] A couple of nights ago, I had dinner with Nick and Thompson who told me about movie directors and their “calling cards” (if you don’t have friends outside of the tech/startup industry, you should start widening your circle because the more people you know outside of your industry, the higher you chance of being innovative and gauging good ideas). [...]

]]> By: By/Association | Michael Karnjanaprakorn http://www.mikekarnj.com/blog/2008/11/07/social-origin-of-good-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-77624 By/Association | Michael Karnjanaprakorn Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:02:04 +0000 http://blog.mikekarnj.com/?p=425#comment-77624 [...] of research and wrote some posts on my blog.  One around “Social Isolation“, “Social Origin of Good Ideas“, and another around “New Wealth“.  I started to read a lot of articles around [...] [...] of research and wrote some posts on my blog.  One around “Social Isolation“, “Social Origin of Good Ideas“, and another around “New Wealth“.  I started to read a lot of articles around [...]

]]> By: Clay Parker Jones http://www.mikekarnj.com/blog/2008/11/07/social-origin-of-good-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-69123 Clay Parker Jones Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:30:05 +0000 http://blog.mikekarnj.com/?p=425#comment-69123 Am reading this paper now... it's amazing. I also liked the part in there on how scientific ideas happen when people are young, typically, and people that have the ideas don't convince older people that the ideas are right, they just have to wait until the older people to die before the ideas are accepted. Funny, that. I was reading in a book today, <em>Extraordinary Origins of Ordinary Things</em> that the word Pontiff comes from the latin Pontifex (or something similar), which, if you've ever been to France, means bridge-builder. I suppose it's not such a bad thing to pontificate, after all. Am reading this paper now… it’s amazing.

I also liked the part in there on how scientific ideas happen when people are young, typically, and people that have the ideas don’t convince older people that the ideas are right, they just have to wait until the older people to die before the ideas are accepted. Funny, that.

I was reading in a book today, Extraordinary Origins of Ordinary Things that the word Pontiff comes from the latin Pontifex (or something similar), which, if you’ve ever been to France, means bridge-builder. I suppose it’s not such a bad thing to pontificate, after all.

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