there’s a stereotype of discoveries and breakthroughs and the stereotype is at
breakthroughs and the stereotype is at
breakthroughs and the stereotype is at one point you don’t know something and
one point you don’t know something and
one point you don’t know something and then there’s a Eureka moment and then
then there’s a Eureka moment and then
then there’s a Eureka moment and then you know something and that’s a
you know something and that’s a
you know something and that’s a breakthrough
breakthrough
breakthrough the very word itself implies some
the very word itself implies some
the very word itself implies some barrier through which you pass with some
barrier through which you pass with some
barrier through which you pass with some force okay otherwise we’d be walk
force okay otherwise we’d be walk
force okay otherwise we’d be walk through instead of breakthrough but I
through instead of breakthrough but I
through instead of breakthrough but I would claim that most discoveries or
would claim that most discoveries or
would claim that most discoveries or walkthroughs not breakthroughs not
walkthroughs not breakthroughs not
walkthroughs not breakthroughs not actually breaking things you sell you’ve
actually breaking things you sell you’ve
actually breaking things you sell you’ve got that you got that let me put it
got that you got that let me put it
got that you got that let me put it together and I have a new thing well
together and I have a new thing well
together and I have a new thing well that’s cool did you break through
that’s cool did you break through
that’s cool did you break through anything no no it was like a next thing
anything no no it was like a next thing
anything no no it was like a next thing you would do with the other things that
you would do with the other things that
you would do with the other things that exists on your table right now we do
exists on your table right now we do
exists on your table right now we do occasionally have literal breakthroughs
occasionally have literal breakthroughs
occasionally have literal breakthroughs yes but most of what we experience in
yes but most of what we experience in
yes but most of what we experience in life and enjoy in life as the product of
life and enjoy in life as the product of
life and enjoy in life as the product of science and technology are not
science and technology are not
science and technology are not breakthroughs they’re just not there
breakthroughs they’re just not there
breakthroughs they’re just not there discoveries that came next after other
discoveries that came next after other
discoveries that came next after other discoveries enabled it you can focus on
discoveries enabled it you can focus on
discoveries enabled it you can focus on those things that broke through but that
those things that broke through but that
those things that broke through but that feeds the bias that that’s how we move
feeds the bias that that’s how we move
feeds the bias that that’s how we move forward in the world was it a
forward in the world was it a
forward in the world was it a breakthrough that someone decided to
breakthrough that someone decided to
breakthrough that someone decided to print books small so that you can carry
print books small so that you can carry
print books small so that you can carry them with you instead of only having to
them with you instead of only having to
them with you instead of only having to be in a library make the jackets out of
be in a library make the jackets out of
be in a library make the jackets out of paper instead of boards so that they’re
paper instead of boards so that they’re
paper instead of boards so that they’re light it was that a breakthrough just
light it was that a breakthrough just
light it was that a breakthrough just say that’s kind of a fun idea you know
say that’s kind of a fun idea you know
say that’s kind of a fun idea you know that’s a really trivial example but it’s
that’s a really trivial example but it’s
that’s a really trivial example but it’s the kind of example I’m talking about so
the kind of example I’m talking about so
the kind of example I’m talking about so much of what we take for granted
much of what we take for granted
much of what we take for granted somebody actually had to think up first
somebody actually had to think up first
somebody actually had to think up first but didn’t have to break through a damn
but didn’t have to break through a damn
but didn’t have to break through a damn thing to get there not everyone’s brain
thing to get there not everyone’s brain
thing to get there not everyone’s brain is wired to think up these new
is wired to think up these new
is wired to think up these new applications of what is already there or
applications of what is already there or
applications of what is already there or to invent a new thing that does not
to invent a new thing that does not
to invent a new thing that does not previously exist that’s a very special
previously exist that’s a very special
previously exist that’s a very special subset of who walks among us as human
subset of who walks among us as human
subset of who walks among us as human beings and we need them otherwise we
beings and we need them otherwise we
beings and we need them otherwise we stall
stall
stall we stagnate and if a nation does not
we stagnate and if a nation does not
we stagnate and if a nation does not have such people then the nation has to
have such people then the nation has to
have such people then the nation has to follow everybody else who does and they
follow everybody else who does and they
follow everybody else who does and they dance to the tune played by other
dance to the tune played by other
dance to the tune played by other nations who do invest in that way what I
nations who do invest in that way what I
nations who do invest in that way what I find fun are products that get invented
find fun are products that get invented
find fun are products that get invented and you wonder no one will ever need or
and you wonder no one will ever need or
and you wonder no one will ever need or want to use that and then five years
want to use that and then five years
want to use that and then five years later somebody finds a use and then you
later somebody finds a use and then you
later somebody finds a use and then you can’t live without it
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