Creativity - find lots of it in Colorado

"If you are not prepared to be wrong, you will never come out with anything original", courtesy from here. Yes, we cannot stigmatize mistakes. This will hamper creativity. And if intelligence has anything to do with creativity, it's got to be diverse, dynamic and distinct.

Cross referencing to a news snippet from Coloradoan about how Fort Collins generates patents at 4x the national rate. It is not high-tech Silicon Valley, California, though we have bike paths like they do too. Hmmm....maybe they are nearer to the Rockies, it rocks their personality. Or is it the ski fields that mold this dare-daring, dare-devil characteristics? Well, you know...if you are not afraid of swooshing down the icy slopes in the mountains (sometimes in the face of danger and even death), how can you be afraid of just saying the wrong things in a board room of executives? That is my explanation.

Even Coloradoans themselves find it hard to explain this rise of the so-called “creative class” in Fort Collins. Possibly, it may have to do with the diverse technology base and the inspiring culture around. People just inspire to innovate! But my reasoning stays as - it's the ski experience. :D