TED talk Steven johnson

in the video Steven Johnson mentioned that creative ideas are more like being made up of a few different ideas that are borrowed from various places. creative ideas do not appear out of the thin air but is assembled from parts and pieces from our experiences. in order to stimulate ideas, places that stimulate birth of creative ideas should have people of various backgrounds gathering together to share their experiences and knowledge. we often borrow ideas from people (either knowingly or unknowingly)  and work upon them. i feel there is no shame in admitting being influenced by other peoples ideas as no one can say they have not been influenced by others to produce their ideas. ideas usually needs to be incubated for a period of them before they can stand on their own as a creative idea.  Famous people getting their stories of eureka moments most likely had parts of ideas in their head that took time to take shape. He also mentioned that companies are protecting their intellectual ideas and discovery in fear of them being stolen. i feel that these companies are doing it as they are afraid of losing the profitability of their ideas. in fact, if everyone shares their ideas, the whole world would benefit and more creative ideas and discoveries would have been made. in an alternate world where everyone share their ideas, a lot of problems could have been solved much earlier. by discovering one idea, it could lead to other trajectory for other ideas that work on a similar principle.
however, it is only possible if everyone shares their ideas and not keep it to themselves.