# A technique for producing ideas ## Metadata * Author: [James Webb Young](https://www.amazon.comundefined) * ASIN: B0145R7R22 * Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0145R7R22 * [Kindle link](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0145R7R22) ## Highlights In this classification speculator is a term used somewhat in the sense our word "speculative." The speculator is the speculative type of person. And the distinguishing characteristic of type, according to Pareto, is that he is constantly pre-occupied with the possibilities of new combinations. — location: [81](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0145R7R22&location=81) ^ref-19133 --- that an idea is nothing more nor less than a new combination of old elements. — location: [116](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0145R7R22&location=116) ^ref-43267 --- The second important principle involved is that — location: [119](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0145R7R22&location=119) ^ref-50215 --- combinations, depends largely on the ability to see relationships. — location: [120](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0145R7R22&location=120) ^ref-23548 --- the habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts becomes of the highest importance in the production of ideas. — location: [133](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0145R7R22&location=133) ^ref-53710 ---