korrents

Our readingWhat is a korrent?

Users who innovate can get exactly what they want instead of relying on manufacturers as imperfect agents.

Drawn from what Eric von Hippel said

What these subjects mean

agency Acting on the world rather than waiting: what it does for work, whether it can be learned, and whether AI widens or takes it.

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

Can you create demand, or only find it?under our view: What people already do with their own hands shows where demand is

What Eric von Hippel actually said

  1. Eric von Hippel Professor of Technological Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management
    Users that innovate can develop exactly what they want, rather than relying on manufacturers to act as their (often very imperfect) agents.

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