> Has this list seemed a bit stale and boring lately to anyone besides me?
> If so, do you have any theories why?
>
Everyone is fearful that everything they have to say is derivitave,
and that this means that there is no possibility of creativity left.
However, the essence of creativity lies in recombining the old in new
ways, drawing new parallels, evolving what is absorbed by us into
fresh new forms, and sharing them with others, so that the process
may continue. No one begins at the beginning any more, thus there
is wisdom in standing on shoulders, but there is only cowardice in
crouching there. Joe