Hybrids (4): Intersections and you
This is the fourth of a series on the role of hybrids in innovation. This is where I put the ideas of the previous posts to… Read More »Hybrids (4): Intersections and you
This is the fourth of a series on the role of hybrids in innovation. This is where I put the ideas of the previous posts to… Read More »Hybrids (4): Intersections and you
Kevin Kelly has a lot to say about innovation as combination. Here’s a good riff: Most new ideas and new inventions are disjointed ideas merged.… Read More »Hybrids (3): when ideas breed (Kevin Kelly on combinatorial innovation)
More from Mill on diversity (see Hybrids). It’s a longer quotation than usual, but it’s great. In short: diversity and mixing allow new “good things,… Read More »More from Mill
New ideas and technologies are often hybrids. Sometimes we take quantum leaps and invent entirely new technologies, but more often they seem to emerge at… Read More »Hybrids (2): combinations and connections (Tim O’Reilly on Combinational Innovation)
By most accounts, hybridity is a good thing. Cross breeding animals and plants can result in stronger, healthier populations. John Stuart Mill argued that diversity of… Read More »Hybrids (1): John Stuart Mill on Diversity of Ideas