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"Frank Herbert, author of Dune, told how he had once been approached by a friend who claimed he (the friend) had a killer idea for an SF story, and offered to tell it to Herbert. In return, Herbert had to agree that if he used the idea in a story, he’d split the money from the story with this fellow. Herbert’s response was that ideas were a dime a dozen; he had more story ideas than he could ever write in a lifetime. The hard part was the writing, not the ideas."
@alcinnz so true about tech ideas too. People having ideas is great, demanding a commission for the idea is BS.
@teleclimber Yup, Abrash followed that anecdote up saying "The early pioneers probably beat you to it", blaming the uptick in being offered new ideas on software patents.
"Virtually every idea I’ve encountered in 3-D graphics was invented decades ago. You think you have a clever graphics idea? Sutherland, Sproull, Schumacker, Catmull, Smith, Blinn, Glassner, Kajiya, Heckbert, or Teller probably thought of your idea years ago."
(1990s)