Defining Creativity: Originality and Effectiveness
📌 Creativity, since the 1950s, is defined by two core aspects: originality (novelty or uniqueness) and effectiveness (usefulness or appropriateness).
🐒 Pure originality is insufficient; a random, unintentional output (like letters formed by an animal walking on a keyboard) is not considered creative without usefulness.
💡 Effectiveness means the creative idea must clearly solve a problem or be suitable for achieving a specific goal.

Originality: Self vs. External Context
🧍 Creative Thinking focuses internally: the idea must genuinely originate from the individual and not be unconsciously copied from others.
🌿 An example of creative thinking is the city child conceiving the idea to use a banana leaf as an umbrella during the rain, as it was self-generated.
🏭 Creative Product depends on external validation; the banana leaf umbrella idea, while creative thinking, is not a creative product if others have already implemented it.

Generating Creative Products
🤔 Determining if a product is creative relies heavily on external judgment; if others have seen a similar product, it loses its novelty status.
⚖️ This principle of first creation or significant modification is fundamental to obtaining patents and intellectual property rights.
🧠 To generate new products, focus on two actions: habituate divergent and convergent thinking and broaden horizons through socializing, reading, watching, listening, and discussion.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ Creativity requires both novelty and utility; an idea must be both unique and useful to be considered truly creative.
➡️ Creative thinking is personal, originating solely from the individual, whereas a creative product's status is validated by the broader community.
➡️ Expand your perspective ("play far away") by consuming diverse information and engaging in discussions to foster new ideas, as new products often stem from modifying old ones.

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