Tumblr (3.0; @blogaxeldiego)http://www.axeldiego.com/“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. Scientists made a great invention by calling their activities hypotheses and experiments. They made it permissible to fail repeatedly until in the end they got the results they wanted. In politics or government, if you made a hypothesis and it didn’t work out, you had your head cut off.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Polaroid inventor <strong>Edwin Land</strong> on embracing failure, among other insights on <a href="http://the99percent.com/articles/7158/What-It-Takes-To-Innovate-Wrong-Thinking-Tinkering-Intuiting">what it takes to innovate.</a></p> <p>Also see Land on <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/12/06/polaroid-edwin-land-on-success/">the 5,000 steps to success</a>.</p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/">explore-blog</a>)</p></em>http://www.axeldiego.com/post/22656495291http://www.axeldiego.com/post/22656495291Tue, 08 May 2012 12:30:45 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li3s99N3Ap1qi4qpzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Firebreating in seyðisfjörður, Iceland in february 2011</p>http://www.axeldiego.com/post/3877162700http://www.axeldiego.com/post/3877162700Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:29:33 -0400firefire eatingfire breathing