Short summary
Philosophers and mathematicians 2000 years. Creativity = tapping into their social capital (their network) to gather ideas
Long summary
Secondly, the 1998 study “Global Theory of Intellectual Change” analyzed the network of philosophers and mathematicians in Asian and Western societies spanning two thousand years. The study showed that the secret behind an individual’s exceptional creativity was the ability of an individual to tap into their social capital (their network) to gather ideas
Citation
Collins, Randall. The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1998.
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