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Sunday, March 22, 2015

TED Radio Hour: "What Is Original?" Great Inventors Who Gave Their Patents To The World

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Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode What Is Original?
About Steven Johnson's TEDTalk
Earlier this year, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk decided to give away his company's patents for free. It might seem like a strange business move, but Musk said he wanted to inspire creativity and accelerate innovation. Writer Steven Johnson says this is the way great ideas have been born throughout history.
About Steven Johnson
Writer Steven Johnson is the author of Everything Bad Is Good for YouThe Ghost Map, and Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation. Johnson was founder and editor in chief of FEED, one of the earliest online magazines. He is the host and co-creator of the new PBS and BBC television series How We Got to Now.

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