Monday, January 16, 2017

Everything is a Remix


  • Remix: to combine or edit existing materials to create something new; the arrangement and transformation of samples.
  • Remix originally applied to music.
  • Anybody can remix anything and distribute it globally instantly.
  • Some remixes are better than others.
  • The light bulb is a popular metaphor for creativity. 
  • The truth behind most creations is not that they happen all at once, instead it is more like small ideas clump together to form something bigger.
  • There are three basic elements for creating something.
  • Domain Knowledge, which can be acquired through copying.
  •  Transformation, which is time consuming and labor intensive but can produce better results.
  •  Combinations, which is taking existing stuff and merging them together especially if they are not related.
  • Basically the three steps for creating are Copy, Transform, and Combine
  • Loss Aversion is when people are more focused on avoiding losses than acquiring gains.
  • Ideas are not property which means you can't really steal an idea. It's more like copying.
  • There would be many complications if we considered ideas property.

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