Row 4594

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Good evening Reddit,

Some 20 years ago, I read an article about innovation. If my memory is to be a guide, the article was in an actual magazine - Inc. or Fast Company/ Business 2.0 or Fortune... not sure which one. Could have been as early as 2002, or as late as 2004. The article was more than 5 pages long - maybe 7 (i.e. it was not a short one).

Looking back, I think this article is one of the best I ever read on the subject. Amongst its main ideas:

1. it takes at least 100 years for an innovation to fully permeate society. For example, once the internal combustion engine (ICE) was discovered, it took more than 100 years until we invented all the things required to make this invention work: stuff like cars, highways, streetlights, gas stations, insurance and service. 2. In the article, the author went into some detail about the transformations required to adapt the world to the electric engine: steam technology used huge boilers (hence tall buildings) and power was transmitted to each workbench through a system of belts... the electric engines were much smaller, so they could be placed right at the individual bench. This required a complete redrafting of industrial buildings (and was one of the main reasons why the new technology took a long time to replace the old one). 3. a discovery spreads from the rich to the masses: kings used to be very interested in clocks - to measure longitude, i.e. as means to further geographical exploration, ergo colonialism, but also because watches were expensive - so as an way to display conspicuous consumption... As the technology became more accessible, cities started adorning the mayor's office with a watch towers, then universities built clock towers, then wealthy business men started buying big pendulum clocks... eventually, my grandfather bought a clock in the 1950s when he started working for the oil company in rural Romania. 4. I think this is were I read for the first time that when is fully implemented technology is indistinguishable from magic. Again, I remember the author describing the flick of a light switch as an awe inspiring moment. Which, if we come to think of it, it is.

Your help is appreciated,

In the cold

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text Good evening Reddit, Some 20 years ago, I read an article about innovation. If my memory is to be a guide, the article was in an actual magazine - Inc. or Fast Company/ Business 2.0 or Fortune... not sure which one. Could have been as early as 2002, or as late as 2004. The article was more than 5 pages long - maybe 7 (i.e. it was not a short one). Looking back, I think this article is one of the best I ever read on the subject. Amongst its main ideas: 1. it takes at least 100 years for a…
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