In my Emerging Tech class, we have been thinking about where good ideas come from. According to Steven Johnson in his video Where Good Ideas Come From, the great driver of technological innovation and scientific innovation is due to increased connectivity. Because of technology, we can now connect with others online more easily and exchange ideas and collaborate on our ideas together. Steven Johnson also claims that ideas develop over time and begin with a hunch, a smaller idea. Those smaller ideas can combine with other small hunches and become a really good or useful idea.
I would agree with this. Sometimes I have trouble coming up with ideas. But for example, when I worked on a middle school Tri-Time group project, my friends and I chatted online about our ideas and we were able to build on each others ideas and come up with great ideas together.
