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Q: What makes a good research environment? A: Creativity, Openness, Sociability |
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Davenport G |
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November 1999 |
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IST Panel "On Creativity: A research perspective", Helsinki, Finland, November 1999. |
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Abstract |
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| A researcher by definition explores that which is not known. Researchers -- particularly
those in academia -- build theoretical ships and sail forth into uncharted waters,
optimistically searching for new knowledge which will in some way change civilization.
Some bring back recognizable treasure, while others find less obvious booty
(sometimes, the crew's education is the only tangible result of the trip); but, every
voyage of discovery helps to flesh-out and improve our collective maps of past, present,
and future worlds.
Any map of the future is by necessity a moving target. In an era of rapid technological advancement, change is continuous; to describe change is to describe an emergent shift in the perceptions, thought and sociology of a time. What sort of institution can support constant change as a generative virtue, without breaking down, clogging up, or going broke? |
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