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Isaac Asimov Asks, “How Do People Get New Ideas?” | MIT Technology Review

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A 1959 Essay by Isaac Asimov on Creativity

Isaac Asimov Asks, “How Do People Get New Ideas?” | MIT Technology Review Skip to Content Note from Arthur Obermayer, friend of the author: In 1959, I worked as a scientist at Allied Research Associates in Boston. The company was an MIT spinoff that originally focused on the effects of nuclear weapons on aircraft structures. The company received a contract with the acronym GLIPAR ( Guide Line Identification Program for Antimissile Research ) from the Advanced Research Projects Agency to elicit the most creative approaches possible for a ballistic missile defense system. The government recogniz

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