A great deal of creativity is about pattern recognition, and what you need to discern patterns is tons of data. Your mind collects that data by taking note of random details and anomalies easily seen every day: quirks and changes that, eventually, add up to insights.
大量的创造力是关于模式识别的，而你需要识别模式的是大量的数据。你的大脑通过记录每天很容易看到的随机细节和异常现象来收集数据:这些怪癖和变化，最终会累积成洞见。