The communal form of the concept of genius is the meaning of the word Scenius. Developed by Brian Eno to describe genius embedded in a scene rather than in genes, the concept is spoken to in the The October, 2010 edition of Wired magazine. The article is "Where Ideas Come From" by Steven Johnson on pages 120-124.
"Ideas aren't self contained things; they're more like ecologies and networks; they travel in clusters." Johnson contends that technologies desire diversity and creative environments "that allow for repeated failure." A metaphor of special interest is that of a Coral Reef which allows for just enough disorder to mix information and produce innovation.
Certain business settings, college campuses and think tanks come to mind as places where Scenius occurs. Does it take an elite gathering of people for this to happen or can a random gathering of people embody the same experience? How can such Coral Reefs of creativity be encouraged in a multitude of locations for the good of a society?
About Me
- Delton Krueger
- Being in my upper 80s means that I have more experience than energy. This is simply my experience.
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