Some of the extrapolations from the picture platforms to other domains are a bit hand-wavy in the talk, but his response to the Edison question [0] is pretty enlightening.<p>Additionally - just pondering here - this heuristic of novelty seems present in human nature: 
 - the drive that scientists, mathematicians, researchers, and technologists have to discover new things
- the drive that hackers and artists have to make new and different things<p>Does anyone agree that these aspects of humans are in tune with what the subject of the talk, or are they more unrelated than I think?<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=dXQPL9GooyI" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=dXQPL9GooyI</a>