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Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising.

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When I first prepared this particular talk…
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First Particular Prepare Talk
Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we’re all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.
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Boardroom Briefcase Cavemen Hungry Just Person Scratch Surface Typical Wise
As far as Apple goes, it was a different company every few years from the time I joined in 1984.
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Apple As Company Different Every Few Go Join
And I realized that informed criticism has completely been done in by the web.
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Been Completely Criticise Done Inform Realize
Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal – a sort of ‘voting’ situation.
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Before Believe Few Norma People Quite Situation Something Sort Vote
In success there’s a tendency to keep on doing what you were doing.
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Do Doing Kept Success Tendency
Artificial intelligence is what we don’t know how to do yet
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Artificial Don't Know Intelligence Yet
If you’re not failing 90% of the time, then you’re probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems.
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Challenge Fall Probably Problem Sufficient Time Work
Bad criticism drives good criticism out of circulation. You just can’t criticize anything.
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Anything Bad Criticism Good Out
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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Best Future Invent Predict Way
The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.
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Bean Blood Countries Manure Must Nature Research Time Tree
Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.
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Complex Possible Simple Thing
The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn’t started yet.
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Ahead Come Out Real Romance Yet
I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That is, a lot of the things that I do, that most people do, are because they hate something somebody else has done, or they hate that something hasn’t been done.
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Approach Done Hate Most People Realize Someone Something Usually
And to the extent that we do not violate any known laws of the universe, we can probably make it work the way that we want to.
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Extent Known Probably Universe Violate Way
Change is easy, except for the changed part.
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Change Easy Except Part

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