The Age of Innovation
Posted by Douglas Sorocco, May 28, 2005 at 2:51 pm
According to an article in the Sunday Times, 29 is the optimal age for innovations to emerge:
Researchers investigating the achievements of thousands of innovators have established that 29 is the age at which you are most likely to have your first big, original idea.
The age represents the optimum combination of education and energy levels required for great ideas to emerge, according to the study.
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The findings show that for an individual to dream up a new idea, they first have to assimilate far more information than previous generations in order to add to what is already known.
I guess I am a little old for the whole rethinking thing.