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It’s Not All Lightbulbs
If we abandon the cult of the Great White Innovator, we will understand the history of technology in a much deeper way
Aeon,
2017
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Most people associate the term “innovation” with brilliant masterminds who singlehandedly produce an invention so disruptive that it rejiggers the course of the world. Historian W. Patrick McCray argues that the conventional notion of how technology advances is a collective myth. In this article, he provides fascinating examples to make a convincing case for a more complex and nuanced view of innovation. getAbstract recommends McCray’s essay to entrepreneurs and those in charge of corporate innovation.
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Historian W. Patrick McCray is the author of The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Future.
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