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dr. joe hanson #The Tainment

Be Smart | The Biggest Myth About Innovation

The idea of the lone genius creating everything isn’t just misleading. It’s harmful and wrong.

Innovation thrives when people work together, and rather than nice linear paths, new ideas come from chance events and unexpected connections.


This video tells the story of one such invention, and offers a new idea about how new ideas are really born.


00:00 I've got a gripe

01:30 How innovation stories usually go

02:28 The last time this happened, things got weird

02:51 Stabbing sick people in Olde London

04:23 A heroic cow named Blossom

05:05 Why Napoleon hated swamps

06:22 The preacher, sparks, and a fortuitous explosion

07:08 Who's "in charge" here?

08:26 Bubbles, for your health!

09:33 Putting the club in soda

10:13 Needles and drugs

11:01 A tower in Paris

11:58 Quantum bros

12:53 Very VERY tiny things

13:37 This physicist hates cats

14:20 Mr. Helix and the messengers

15:18 It's all coming together

16:08 The best part of the story

17:35 Extras

 

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