• There are two definitions of ideas man.
  • People who come up with IDEA that no one else has come up with.
  • People who have a high probability of coming up with good ideas.

People who have a high probability of coming up with good ideas have a high probability of saying something that is not new.

  • Most problems are derivatives of problems solved in the past
  • I’ll say the obvious again and again.

People who come up with ideas that no one else has thought of are new.

  • There’s no guarantee it’s a useful idea.
  • Because no one has validated usefulness for new things yet.

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