Nothing is really original. That's why you can make finite lists of the possible plots of books and movies. It's why TVtropes is a thing. Everything is just a mashup of things before.
Ah, yes, Everything that can be invented has been invented. - apocryphally attributed to Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office way back in 1889.
This is a myth. Just because you don't really see blinding insight every day doesn't mean it doesn't exist (and it's more spectacular when you do see it!)
Another reason that this seems to happen is that innovation and invention tend to happen in more esoteric and technical realms today, and so they're only really fully understood by experts in that field.
> Nothing is really original. That's why you can make finite lists of the possible plots of books and movies. It's why TVtropes is a thing. Everything is just a mashup of things before.
That's a lot like claiming no one says anything new because we're also using more-or-less the same words we were using last century.
jhbadger|1 year ago
hobobaggins|1 year ago
This is a myth. Just because you don't really see blinding insight every day doesn't mean it doesn't exist (and it's more spectacular when you do see it!)
Another reason that this seems to happen is that innovation and invention tend to happen in more esoteric and technical realms today, and so they're only really fully understood by experts in that field.
tivert|1 year ago
That's a lot like claiming no one says anything new because we're also using more-or-less the same words we were using last century.
I think you're missing a lot.
luqtas|1 year ago
barrysteve|1 year ago
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