Shimpei Takahashi : Play this word game to come up with original ideas

  (In Japanese with English subtitles)

TED 2013

Shimpei Takahashi : Play this word game to come up with original ideas (transcript)

Summary

I was sorry to hear that the speaker didn’t speak English in the TED talk because the story was really funny and I thought that I wanted to tell you the toy: Mugen Pop Pop one day because it was a really big hit.

Mugen means infinity and Mugen Pop Pop means that you can infinitely pop with this game. I don't know that whether people in your country like to pop the bubbles or not, somehow Japanese people like it excluding me. If in some luggage will uses a bubble wrap, people will start popping immediately though I don't have time to kill for it.

However, I agree that ideas don't come out while you stare at the data. Gathering words at random, and coming up with useless ideas are very important. When they are unconsciously connected, a big idea will come to you from where you don't expect. We can create our exciting future that we couldn't even imagine.

Words in this story

somersault / an acrobatic movement in which a person turns head over heels in the air or on the ground and lands or finishes on their feet.

excluding / not taking someone or something into account; apart from, except, remove