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The Futur with Chris Do

141 - Everything is a Remix — with Kirby Ferguson

The Futur with Chris Do

The Futur

Design, Self-improvement, Education, Business, Marketing, Arts

5976 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Humans are inherent copy machines. Emulation is how we learn to walk, talk and navigate the world. But when it comes to ideas—especially ones we deem “original”—things are different. We become hyper critical of imitation and resent anything close to a copy of our own. Obsessing over ideological ownership. But what we don’t do, is turn that critical lens on ourself. Copy, transform, and combine. According to Kirby Ferguson, this is the recipe for creativity. Kirby is a filmmaker, speaker, and writer. You probably know him best from his acclaimed documentary, Everything is a Remix. You can watch it for free on YouTube and we promise that it will change that way you think about originality And maybe help you let go of that inner critic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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But I'd like to see more people creating and less people criticizing because

0:03.3

criticizing is pretty easy.

0:05.3

It's relatively easy compared to creating.

0:07.5

Creating is very humbling.

0:09.1

Your failures really end up in your face, whereas you're you're never committing to anything right you don't

0:16.4

clearly make mistakes and it's very comfortable place to be. The Welcome to the future podcast, a show that explores the interesting overlap between design, marketing and business.

0:52.0

I'm Greg Gunn.

0:53.0

As a species, humans are inherent copy machines.

0:57.0

Emulation is how we learn to walk, talk, and navigate the world.

1:01.0

But when it comes to ideas, especially ones we deem original, in air quotes, things are a little different.

1:08.0

We are hypercritical of imitation, resent anything close to a copy, and obsess over ideological ownership.

1:16.0

But what we don't do is turn that critical lens on ourselves.

1:20.0

Copy, transform, and combine.

1:23.7

According to our guest, this is the recipe for creativity.

1:27.7

He's a filmmaker, speaker, and writer, but you probably know him best from his acclaimed documentary,

1:34.0

Everything is a remix. And if you haven't watched it yet, please go do it as soon as you're done

1:40.0

listening to this episode. It'll blow your mind and maybe help you let go of that inner critic.

1:45.9

In the meantime, please enjoy our conversation with Kirby Ferguson.

1:50.7

First of all, thank you for doing this with me and I feel like this conversation is long overdue because I've watched your video.

1:58.0

I think back in the days of Vimia when I first saw it many, many years ago.

2:02.0

I was thinking, this is so... when I first saw it many many years ago.

2:03.0

I was thinking, this is so in alignment with what I believe.

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