TotM - Where Good Ideas Come From

TotM - Topic of the Month...

Where Good Ideas Come from: The Natural History of Innovation (https://www.amazon.com/Where-Good-Ideas-Come-Innovation/dp/1594485380/)

This month's book has been an inspiration for this book club. Steven Johnson's observation that chance favors the connected mind underlies our goal of "going big and going broad".

• This 4 minute video is a great introduction to the themes of the book.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU

There are several different video summaries of the book featuring Johnson.

• This 18 minute TED Talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0af00UcTO-c) is a fun introduction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0af00UcTO-c

• A 64 minute talk at the London School of Economics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p77lPerjcl8

Here's his 54 minute talk at Google.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Ce3Vs0Ec0

• Here's a great written summary (https://medium.com/key-lessons-from-books/the-key-lessons-from-where-good-ideas-come-from-by-steven-johnson-1798e11becdb) of the lessons of the book.

• Wired magazine published the conversation between their own Kevin Kelly and Johnson in 2010 here (https://www.wired.com/2010/09/mf_kellyjohnson/).

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• The pic below--larger version here (https://www.meetup.com/The-Bend-Big-Picture-Book-Club/photos/28267208/)--depicts the books and topics we've discussed over the last two years. Our purpose has been to leverage the truth of Johnson's observation that "chance favors the connected mind".

https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/6/e/0/600_465626336.jpeg

I'm especially looking forward to discussion of this book and learning from you.