'Innovation In a Flash' Is a Myth 163
An anonymous reader writes "A New York Times article spells out what most of us probably already knew: real innovation takes lots of time and hard work to come to fruition. The article looks at the origins of new ideas, and attempts to dispel the myth that 'Eureka' moments create change. Comments author Scott Berkun, 'To focus on the magic moments is to miss the point. The goal isn't the magic moment: it's the end result of a useful innovation. Everything results from accretion. I didn't invent the English language. I have to use a language that someone else created in order to talk to you. So the process by which something is created is always incremental. It always involves using stuff that other people have made.'"
Exactly! (Score:5, Funny)
Innovation (Score:5, Funny)
MSFT (Score:2, Funny)
Or, in Microsoft's case, buying stuff other people have made.
intellectual property (Score:5, Funny)
Lucky for us, corporate america is catching on, and they're probably working on a subscription service for that incremental innovation. Because you can't just have un-owned ideas out there, floating around.
only 10% imagination (Score:5, Funny)
One Premise Argument (Score:5, Funny)
I speak therefore everything is always incremental? Ok Descartes...
Re:quoting Newton (again...) (Score:5, Funny)
- Hal Abelson
Re:And that my friends... (Score:4, Funny)
If Microsoft has taught us anything... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Innovation (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Innovation (Score:3, Funny)
By the way, I have a patent on prior art research.
Re:Eureka Moments Do Happen... (Score:2, Funny)