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May 8 2011: The law tells you the speed limit. It doesn't tell you the speed where officers write tickets. That gap is where most of life is lived. [view in context] 4756
May 8 2011: The gap between rules and their enforcement is where most of life is lived. 4757
May 8 2011: Governments are incompetent because they are bound by rigid rules that can't adapt to changing circumstances. 4758
May 8 2011: Creativity is "playing the gap" between rules and enforcement. 4759
May 8 2011: Non-creative people see a rule or barrier and take it at face value. Creative people will push that boundary to see what it really means. 4760
May 8 2011: Conventional thinking is seeing a fence and turning back. Creativity is walking the fence line, testing it and looking for ways around. 4761
May 8 2011: Creativity is always a little dangerous. It requires thinking the unthinkable, even if you don't actually do it. 4762
May 8 2011: You say: "You can't do that. It's against the law." I say: "What law? Whose law? What's the penalty? What's the chance of getting caught?" 4763
May 8 2011: Creativity has little to do with arts and crafts. It's coming up with ingenious solutions to your problems using the resources you have. 4764
May 8 2011: #### End. This has been a live 1-hour essay: "Rules and Creativity" 4765
May 8 2011: RT @badbanana: Trying to write a romantic Mother's Day poem for my wife. What's a word that rhymes with Lunchables? 4766
May 8 2011: RT @agnosticcc: Spent a lot of time with "loved ones" and "people who are close to me" today, so you can imagine the kind of mood I'm in. 4767
May 8 2011: Dreams are a training ground for reality. 4768
May 8 2011: If you can outwit the monsters in your nightmares you'll be better equipped to deal with them in real life. 4769
May 8 2011: The monsters in your dreams can follow you wherever you go—until you change your strategy. [view in context]
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