Ideas are like [ ________ ]

Josh Lee
1 min readDec 11, 2015

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Seeds.

They have an uncanny power to sprout anywhere and effect the things around them. Depending on where the seed is it could grow in nice fertile soil or right in the middle of the road, pushing the asphalt away from it. Seeds are interesting not only because of their content or reach (DNA, Fruit and more seeds) but also their force once they germinate. In order for a seed to sprout it needs to break out of it’s shell. A seed sprouts with the power of imbibition that gives it the force of at least 4 tons of pressure all the way up to 1,000 tons of pressure.

…pressure required to break a walnut seed coat is 600 pounds per square inch

Think about it. How can an idea “Seed” have that much potential and realized energy that it could break a huge granite rock?

Well the answer is interesting. And it makes sense if you think about it.

Water > Cells > Swelling > KaPow

Water swells the cells that divide and increases the pressure by orders of magnitude basically giving the seed superpowers.

Everyday you wake up and you have ideas, maybe you write them down, maybe you cast them about on the internet hoping someone will give it water.

But maybe this time all you need is a little pressure to see the idea grow.

ideas are like [seeds]

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