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  • There is no denying the impact it has on our scenius.

    Carsonified Brian Suda 2010

  • There is no denying the impact it has on our scenius.

    Carsonified Brian Suda 2010

  • There is no denying the impact it has on our scenius.

    Carsonified Brian Suda 2010

  • Call (415) 420-2509 or visit www. scenius.com for more information.

    unknown title 2009

  • Call (415) 420-2509 or visit www. scenius.com for more information.

    unknown title 2009

  • Andrew Herring - Nasty Subway (off Re-Design of a Decade remix LP) dj scenius – When I Think of Your Rope Burn (off Re-Design of a Decade remix LP)

    2005 February | Radio Clash Music Podcast & Blog 2005

  • Andrew Herring - Nasty Subway (off Re-Design of a Decade remix LP) dj scenius – When I Think of Your Rope Burn (off Re-Design of a Decade remix LP)

    Radio clash Show 16: Dubwise janet 2005

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  • The musician Brian Eno invented a wonderful word to describe this phenomenon: scenius. We normally think of innovators as independent geniuses, but Eno’s point is that innovation comes from social scenes, from passionate and connected groups of people. Wired October 2010

    October 3, 2010

  • Communal genius.

    October 26, 2010

  • Is that like genius loci?

    October 26, 2010

  • http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/111861449541

    There’s a healthier way of thinking about creativity that the musician Brian Eno refers to as “scenius.” Under this model, great ideas are often birthed by a group of creative individuals—artists, curators, thinkers, theorists, and other tastemakers—who make up an “ecology of talent.”

    February 23, 2015