Brilliant Impersonators: Celebrating The Rip-Off

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January 11, 2015 a project of ServiceSpace Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. - Voltaire - Brilliant Impersonators: Celebrating The Rip-Off Inventors are our heroes -- the geniuses who keep progress surging forward. Copycats -- we call them pirates -- are a threat. But according to researchers, throughout human history, innovation has been fueled and sustained by imitation. Copying is the mighty force that has allowed the human race to move from stone knives to remote-guided drones. We're natural-born rip-off artists. To be human is to copy. { read more } Be The Change Notice this week how often you make a generous gesture that is rooted in what you admired in someone else. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity The Beautiful Fragility of Language Relationships Are More Important than Ambition 10 Creative Rituals To Learn From 16 Habits of Exuberant Human Beings Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World Maya Angelou On Resilience and Children Ten Things Creative People Know DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 154,366 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More