How to Fly a Horse
by Kevin Ashton
The inventor of the term 'Internet of Things' demolishes the myth of the creative genius: creation is ordinary thinking, in steps, by people who keep going, from Edmond the vanilla slave to the Wright brothers. Well told and bracing.
Read it if…
you think creativity is for other people.
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Skip it if…
you want techniques; it is argument and history.
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Three things you will actually use
- Creation is ordinary; persistence is rare.
- Steps, not leaps.
- Expect rejection as part of the process.
Do this first
Read the chapter on Edmond and vanilla.
Our verdict
The genius myth, demolished.
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