# Hype Mining You could start looking for Leonardo Ideas from potentially impactful ideas that *felt* like they were in the adjacent possible in the past and precisely identify what constraints prevented them from existing. This takes advantage of criteria #1 from the fact that [[Leonardo Ideas can be systematically identified]] (*Would be impactful if existed.*) and is depending on past excitement both as an indicator of impact and that the idea might be in the adjacent possible. People get excited about things that feel possible. **Practically, this could involves** * Digging through old issues of publications that capture [[Hype Cycles]] like Wired and Popular Science. * Reading through old journals. * Talking to industry experts **Ideas to Dig Into** [[Why don’t we have ground effect vehicles?]] ### Related * [[Hype Cycles]] <!-- #evergreen --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Hype+Mining) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Hype+Mining)