Obvious often isn't.

It&rsquo;s pretty easy to dismiss our own thoughts and observations as obvious. Why bother telling everyone else? It&rsquo;s clear enough; they can see it for themselves. To actually voice it or write it would be pithy at best. Then, when we do open our mouths or pick up a pen, the feedback comes quickly: that was novel! or brilliant! or different! or any number of things that make it clear that,…