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We are strangely biased, as individuals and media institutions, to focus on big sudden changes, whether good or bad - amazing breakthroughs, such as... →
What I'm saying is individuals have better ideas if they're connected to rich, diverse networks of other individuals. If you put yourself in... →
As much as we sometimes roll our eyes at the ivory-tower isolation of universities, they continue to serve as remarkable engines of innovation.
When it's a sharing and improvisational meeting, where you're riffing off other people's ideas, that actually can be productive.
What's encouraging is that the early new platforms - Kindle and iPad - are clearly leading to people buying more books. The data is in on that.
I love those stretches where I've just been a writer - when I haven't been doing Internet start-ups - where I pretty much eliminate meetings... →
What you end up seeing when you look at history is that people who have been good at pushing the boundaries of possibility, and exploring those... →