"Ideas are the real currency of the universe. Money is the shadow of that."

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by GordonJ

I had the idea you would enjoy this:

http://www.mindpowernews.com/StealAndGetRich.htm

1 down, 9 to go.

Gordon

Hi Gordon,

Well... I agree... It's said that original ideas don't really exist!

My old Ph.D. advisor was a bit of a "renaissance man"... Not only was he a professor in physics... He also had a psychology practice on weekends. In his younger days, he was in a band, and they even had a single!

Anyway, he once told me that there's an easy way to get new ideas... You just take one idea, put it together with another idea, and Bam! A new idea!

* Cassette player + miniaturization = Walkman

* TV + online streaming = Netflix

* Hat + toilet paper = this invention!



Okay... maybe it doesn't always work well...

Another way is to take one process from one industry, and apply it to another industry...

For example: assembly line (from the car industry) + food = McDonald's!

So... I think there's something to it!

Best wishes,

Dien

[Dien Rice]

Hi Gordon,

On "steal baby steal"...

What's the latest "buzz" about? The just-released trailer for the upcoming new Star Wars film!


Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2

And... I just read about how George Lucas "stole" quite a lot from Akira Kurosawa's samurai films - to create Star Wars!

(Akira Kurosawa is probably best known for his film "The Seven Samurai," which also happened to inspire "The Magnificent Seven.")

And Kurosawa himself stole too! He was heavily influenced by... Hollywood Westerns!

It's fascinating... I recommend this short film about it on YouTube...


How are Samurai Films Responsible for Star Wars?!? - Film School'd

Where did the word "Jedi" come from? It turns out that even the word "Jedi" apparently comes from the Japanese term "Jidai Geki" - which means "period films," the genre which describes Akira Kurosawa's movies...

More...

How Star Wars Borrowed From Akira Kurosawa’s Great Samurai Films
http://www.openculture.com/2014/05/h...rai-films.html

So... it certainly comes from a strong tradition!

Best wishes,

Dien

I've been told by many fellow entroopenners that many of the innovations in Video, DVDs, software and digital electronics were created by people in the "****" industry who were motivated by "Big Money" with ****......and probably still is.

Don Alm

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by Don Alm

I've been told by many fellow entroopenners that many of the innovations in Video, DVDs, software and digital electronics were created by people in the "****" industry who were motivated by "Big Money" with ****......and probably still is.

Hi Don,

I don't like the industry... But sometimes we don't get to choose the facts...

Here's an article I found about that topic...

http://colettesymanowitz.com/2014/01...et-innovation/

Best wishes,

Dien

Since you started this thread I've created a number of "10" idea lists, at least one list for every day, and sometimes 2 or 3. As always, it's been the easy 5 or 6 and the not-so-easy remaining ones.

One day I had "10 Reasons to pick up that scrap of paper in the hallway of my apartment complex." Not really ground-breaking or earth shattering ideas necessarily, but later in the day I found myself picking up a scrap piece of paper that was laying in the hallway because of one of the reasons I wrote down: "because no one else will". I couldn't be a hypocrite and not pick it up!

I actually have to create a list of 100 topics so that I don't have to spend time wondering what I'll write about today...

Here were some of my topics:
10 Reasons to Enjoy a Dreary Day
10 Reasons You should walk to the Store at Night
10 Reasons to Work from Home
10 Reasons NOT to Work from Home
10 Ways Businesses Can Get More Customers

With that last one I actually emailed some local businesses with five of those reasons. I didn't just write a bullet sentence, but a small paragraph about the bullet. No responses and I really don't even know if anybody opened them up.

All in all, it's a good mind exercise.