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Powers of two, finding the essence of innovation in creative pairs, Joshua Wolf Shenk

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Powers of two, finding the essence of innovation in creative pairs, Joshua Wolf Shenk

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Powers of two

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Joshua Wolf Shenk

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finding the essence of innovation in creative pairs

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A revelatory synthesis of cultural history and social psychology that shows how one-to-one collaboration drives creative success

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Meeting. "You remind me of Charlie Munger" : matchups and magnet places ; Identical twins from the ends of the earth : the convergence of homophily and heterophily ; "Like two young bear cubs" : the varieties of electric experience -- Confluence. Presence --> confidence --> trust : the stages of confluence ; The turn of faith : the final stage ; "Everybody just get the fuck out" : the psychology of "we" ; "No power in heaven, hell or earth" : creative marriage -- Dialectics. In the spotlight (in the shadows) : the star and the director ; Jokestein and Structureberg : the liquid and the container ; Inspiration and perspiration : the dreamer and the doer ; Turn-taking : generators and resonators ; "Everything's the opposite" : the psychology of dialectics ; The "other" of the psyche : the dialogue of creative thinking -- Distance. Creative monks and Siamese twins : the extremes of distance ; "Somehow we also kept surprising each other" : the varieties of distance ; "Desire for that which is missing" : the erotics of distance -- The infinite game. My most intimate enemy : creative foils ; Luke Skywalker and Han Solo : creative pairs and coopetition ; "We all want the hand" : power clarity and power fluidity ; "I love to scrap with Orv" : conflict ; Varieties of alphas and betas : the Hitchcock paradox ; "What about McCartney-Lennon?" : the dance of power -- Interruption. "Listen, this is too crazy..." : stumbles ; The paradox of success : wedges ; Failure to repair : why did Lennon-McCartney split? ; The never endings : Did Lennon-McCartney ever split? -- Barton Fink at the Standard Hotel

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