# Where good ideas come from

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2010
- Speaker: Steven Johnson
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

People often credit their ideas to individual "Eureka!" moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the "liquid networks" of London's coffee houses to Charles Darwin's long, slow hunch to today's high-velocity web.

## Lectures

1. [Where good ideas come from](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from/0746a626d0df), 18 min (TED's player)