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An invention only matters when the principle, a workable design and an economically viable use for it all arrive together; the idea on its own changes nothing.

Drawn from what Bret Devereaux said

Subjectsdesigninnovation
What these subjects mean

design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

innovation Where new things come from and how they spread: invention against diffusion, and being near the factory floor.

Interesting
A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

What Bret Devereaux actually said

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  1. Bret Devereaux

    Ancient and military historian specialising in the economy…

    The specificity matters here because each innovation in the chain required not merely the discovery of the principle, but also the design and an economically viable use-case to all line up in order to have impact.

    Where this was said

    ↗Collections: Why No Roman Industrial Revolution?acoup.blog

    All 8 korrents from this piecethis one is 2nd

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