3 thoughts on “Episode 24 – Releasing Ideas”

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   Andy says:

   So this is a question I’ve thought about a lot and wonder what others think.
   What’s the opinion of those who naturally create something that exists?

   By that I mean they genuinely create a method or effect on their own, not knowing it exists elsewhere or being inspired by it at all.

   Is it a first come first served basis and because it’s already there, he’s not allowed to share what he created? Does his accomplishment lessen simply because someone did it first?

   A couple of times now I’ve come up with a new idea or easier handling only to find out later that it’s something already known. I’ve made it a point to never let that realisation take away the satisfaction I feel for creating something.

   Now I want to make it clear I’m treating sharing and selling separately. There’s no point having two of the same product out there for people to buy, but if I wanted to share one of these handlings of mine with a friend or group do I need to seek out permission simply because someone had the same idea I did?

   I look forward to hearing people’s thoughts on this.

   July 19, 2017 at 4:13 pm
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     Paul Brook says:

     Independent creation happens, to nearly all creators, myself included.

     Of course, sharing your solution with friends (not selling) is fine, but if you know that someone else already released it to the market, I would suggest making sure you let those who you share the idea know that someone else has released this idea to the market.

     It would be great if everyone could start to make a shift to ward seeing crediting as important. We stand on the shoulder’s of giants who let us short-cut through our journey of mentalism, and they should be recognised.

     When we all talks bout the provenance of effects then it builds a solid culture of knowledge where people can tell you if someone has already come up with that concept or to inform you that it is unique and you are blazing a new path.

     At the end of the day, the pleasure for me is in solving puzzles and creating things. Sometimes it is an old idea I come up with and sometimes it’s new…either way, playing with ideas makes me happy 🙂

     July 20, 2017 at 12:43 pm
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   Andy says:

   I agree with you in the puzzle solving. It led me to creating a way of handling billets that I quite enjoyed, though not two weeks later I discovered the same thing on someone’s Penguin Lecture. Although rather than be dismayed that someone had gotten their first, I felt rather proud that I’d come up with something that was actually useful enough that others felt it should be shared.

   I don’t do much creating (I’m one of those non creative types at the moment) but I agree that crediting is important. Knowing where something started, how it might have evolved and what subtleties have been discovered are all things I find fascinating anyway.

   I hope crediting and the history of what’s come before us doesn’t get lost as new ‘creators’ appear by the dozen with quick and easy methods of distribution (pdf, YouTube). The idea that in 40 years someone might be teaching 4DT without crediting Cassidy or Annemann is a scary one.

   July 21, 2017 at 9:44 am