The Illusion of Novelty
How can we make something new?
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Nothing is new.
Novelty is not uniqueness.
The magic is in combination.
Anyone can play the major keys on a piano.
But those who make music choose a different combination.
The keys did not change.
How they are combined did.
Just because everyone can do something, doesn't mean it cannot have novelty.
To be separate is not to do new things. It is to do old things in a different way.
Curiousity cannot exist in the absence of history.
Intelligence is not an individual attribute, but a collective one.
Today, don't try to do something new.
Think about what to do with what already exists.
The genius is in copying, modifying and simplifying.
Don't be discouraged, you can create novelty.
