Comments on: Steven Johnson's Where Good Ideas Come From: multidisciplinary hymn to diversity, openness and creativity http://boingboing.net/2010/10/06/steven-johnsons-wher.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 20:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: pete_darby http://boingboing.net/2010/10/06/steven-johnsons-wher.html#comment-904848 pete_darby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-904848 Oh absolutely. Next thing you know, people will be talking about bi-cycles and tele-visions, and all sorts of other linguistic nightmares. Nouns will be verbed. Similes will be all like, you know, WHATEVER. Dude, it's the English Language. The Chuck Norris of communications protocols. It commits atrocities against its own rules, puts on shades and says "deal with it". Oh absolutely. Next thing you know, people will be talking about bi-cycles and tele-visions, and all sorts of other linguistic nightmares. Nouns will be verbed. Similes will be all like, you know, WHATEVER.

Dude, it’s the English Language. The Chuck Norris of communications protocols. It commits atrocities against its own rules, puts on shades and says “deal with it”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/06/steven-johnsons-wher.html#comment-903891 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-903891 This presentation from RSA Animate is an excellent introduction (dare I say it, "book trailer") to "Where Good Ideas Come From": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU This presentation from RSA Animate is an excellent introduction (dare I say it, “book trailer”) to “Where Good Ideas Come From”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/06/steven-johnsons-wher.html#comment-903899 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-903899 Can we give credit where credit is due here? That's a gorgeous book cover. Can we give credit where credit is due here? That’s a gorgeous book cover.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/06/steven-johnsons-wher.html#comment-904675 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-904675 Or energy without synergy. Or energy without synergy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/06/steven-johnsons-wher.html#comment-904684 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-904684 It's a cute name, but I hope it doesn't become a common word - "intelligence" comes from "inter". We have enough vocabulary based on misunderstandings as it is. It’s a cute name, but I hope it doesn’t become a common word – “intelligence” comes from “inter”. We have enough vocabulary based on misunderstandings as it is.

]]> By: pete_darby http://boingboing.net/2010/10/06/steven-johnsons-wher.html#comment-904446 pete_darby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-904446 Reminds me of the stuff from the Science of the Discworld books where they talk about "extelligence"... Intelligence without extelligence is like a combustion engine without fuel. Similarly, extelligence without intelligence is like fuel without an engine. Like comments on youTube. Reminds me of the stuff from the Science of the Discworld books where they talk about “extelligence”… Intelligence without extelligence is like a combustion engine without fuel.

Similarly, extelligence without intelligence is like fuel without an engine. Like comments on youTube.

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