Patrick McCulley argues that imagination is limited to recombinations of prior experience, illustrating with Jules Verne’s Nautilus and Star Trek touchscreens as extrapolations of existing technology. He proposes overcoming creative blocks by engaging people outside one’s expertise, whose different vocabulary sparks new associations, turning the “imagination brick wall” into a horizon.
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