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Ideas to stay generative in an increasingly saturated, information-rich world

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Being original is overrated, and frequently impossible anyway: focus on being genuinely useful instead

Photo taken with my Google Pixel on a hike in Muir Woods, Northern California Steve Jobs “stole” from Picasso when he said, “Good artists copy, great artists steal”. Picasso “stole” from T.S. Eliot who phrased it as, “Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal”. Eliot “stole” that from Oscar Wilde who gave us the line, “Talent borrows, genius steals”. Who knows where Wilde “stole” it from… Jobs is known for innovation but he didn’t make products for the innovators. That’s why Apple is the largest company in the world. [source] All too often, we get caught up in trying to create ideas…

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