Medici effect<\/p>\n
“This is not to say that younger people are more creative. However, younger people
\nare often less constrained by their education within a \ufb01eld since they
\nhave not yet had too much of it. It would follow, then, that learning a
\nnew \ufb01eld, whether one is young or old, can help break down associative
\nbarriers. Thomas Kuhn points out in his seminal book The Structure of
\nScienti\ufb01c Revolutionsthat \u201calmost always the men who achieve . . . fun-
\ndamental inventions of a new paradigm have been either very young or
\nvery new to the \ufb01eld whose paradigm they change.\u201d pg 52<\/p>\n
I go back to this text because I find it interesting that great shifts and ideas happen not within the field that you are a master of- but when you are very new to a field. Something to ponder as we trek forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Medici effect “This is not to say that younger people are more creative. However, younger people are often less constrained by their education within a \ufb01eld since they have not yet had too much of it. It would follow, then, … Continue reading