Richard (Rick)

“You cannot steal a roses beauty, even if you cover it with thorns.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“the more disorganized your brain is, the smarter you are.”
― Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From

“An innovation, or cluster of innovations, in one field ends up triggering changes that seem to belong to a different domain altogether.”
― Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

“If we think that innovation comes from a lone genius inventing a new technology from scratch, that model naturally steers us toward certain policy decisions, like stronger patent protection. But if we think that innovation comes out of collaborative networks, then we want to support different policies and organizational forms: less rigid patent laws, open standards, employee participation in stock plans, cross-disciplinary connections.”
― Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations that Made the Modern World