The wild, the absurd, the seemingly crazy: this kind of thinking is where new ideas come from ... The people capable of such playful thought carry forward their childish qualities and childhood dreams, applying them in areas where most of us get stuck, victims of our adult seriousness. Staying a child isn't easy.

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Everybody agrees that whatever the solutions are to the big problems, they ... can never be without some element of education.

Remember that the military used wind-up radios for years.

Most children in the world go to schools in two shifts, there's a morning shift and an afternoon shift.

The ability to make big leaps of thought is a common denominator among the originators of breakthrough ideas.

Where do new ideas come from? The answer is simple: differences. While there are many theories of creativity, the only tenet they all share is that creativity comes from unlikely juxtapositions. The best way to maximize differences is to mix ages, cultures, and disciplines.